GRU

American

Or G.R.U.

(in the Soviet Union) the Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Soviet General Staff, a military intelligence organization founded in 1920 and functioning as a complement to the KGB.

GRU British

abbreviation

(formerly) the Soviet military intelligence service; the military counterpart of the KGB

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Etymology

Origin of GRU

< Russian, for Glávnoe razvédyvatel'noe upravlénie

Example Sentences

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The delegation was led by the deputy head of Russia's GRU military intelligence, Andrei Averyanov, the National Assembly president told AFP.

From Barron's

Alexeyev's boss, GRU head Adm Igor Kostyukov, has been leading the Russian delegation at recent trilateral talks with Ukraine and the US in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE.

From BBC

His boss at the GRU, Igor Kostyukov, has been in charge of Russia's negotiating team at peace talks with Ukrainian and US teams in Abu Dhabi.

From BBC

A career military officer, Alekseyev has been the first deputy chief of the GRU since 2011.

From Barron's

Alekseyev is a highly decorated officer who since 2011 has served as the deputy head of the GRU, the Russian military intelligence agency that Western officials accuse of orchestrating a campaign of attempted killings and sabotage attacks abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal

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