Spy Web — Season 1, Episode 22: The GRU
Documentary • 45 min • 1 season, 15 episodes
Episode synopsis
Sometimes referred to as the 'Fourth Department, Russian military intelligence', it was created in 1918 and produced a network of spies which operated worldwide through the Stalinist era, World War II and still employs 100,000. The GRU also controls Russia's Special Warfare Services known as the Spetsnaz.
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