Russian special forces

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military unit type special forces

Russian special forces are elite, highly trained military and intelligence units of the Russian Federation used for covert operations, unconventional warfare, and high-priority strategic missions.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Special Operations Forces of Russia	2
Special Operations Forces of the Russian Federation	2
FSB Spetsnaz	1
FSB special units	1
Naval Spetsnaz	1
Rosgvardiya special units	1
Russian special forces canonical	1
SSO (Russian Special Operations Forces Command)	1
Soviet Spetsnaz	1
Spetsnaz GRU	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military unit type ⓘ special forces ⓘ
allegiance	Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation
country	Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation
engagedIn	Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation ⓘ surface form: Annexation of Crimea First Chechen War ⓘ Russo-Ukrainian War ⓘ surface form: Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022) Russo-Georgian War 2008 ⓘ surface form: Russo-Georgian War Second Chechen War ⓘ Russian military intervention in Syria ⓘ surface form: Syrian civil war (Russian intervention)
hasCharacteristic	elite ⓘ equipped with advanced weaponry ⓘ highly secretive ⓘ highly trained ⓘ trained in airborne operations ⓘ trained in arctic warfare ⓘ trained in close-quarters combat ⓘ trained in counter-sabotage ⓘ trained in diving operations ⓘ trained in intelligence gathering ⓘ trained in mountain warfare ⓘ trained in parachuting ⓘ trained in psychological operations ⓘ trained in urban warfare ⓘ
hasPart	45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade ⓘ Airborne Troops special units ⓘ FSB ⓘ surface form: FSB Alpha Group Russian special forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: FSB Spetsnaz FSB Vympel ⓘ MVD Spetsnaz ⓘ Russian special forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Naval Spetsnaz Russian special forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rosgvardiya special units Russian special forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SSO (Russian Special Operations Forces Command) Russian special forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Special Operations Forces of the Russian Federation Russian special forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Spetsnaz GRU
historicalPrecursor	Russian special forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Soviet Spetsnaz
language	Russian ⓘ
operatedBy	Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation ⓘ Sluzhba vneshney razvedki Rossiyskoy Federatsii ⓘ surface form: Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation Russian General Staff ⓘ surface form: Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation ⓘ Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation ⓘ National Guard of Russia ⓘ
partOf	Russian Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Russian intelligence community ⓘ surface form: Russian intelligence services
selectionProcess	highly competitive ⓘ physically demanding ⓘ psychologically demanding ⓘ
typicalRecruitment	career military personnel ⓘ contract soldiers ⓘ
usedFor	counter-insurgency ⓘ counter-terrorism operations ⓘ covert operations ⓘ direct action missions ⓘ foreign special operations ⓘ high-priority strategic missions ⓘ hostage rescue ⓘ reconnaissance ⓘ sabotage ⓘ targeted killings ⓘ unconventional warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation → carriedOutBy → Russian special forces ⓘ

Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation → oversees → Russian special forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Special Operations Forces of the Russian Federation

Russian Armed Forces → hasBranch → Russian special forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Special Operations Forces of Russia