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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

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GRU

German investigators believe the Leipzig operation’s ground logistics were coordinated by Oleg Levushkin, a former Russian military officer recruited by the GRU following a criminal conviction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

German cyberintelligence officials traced the communication to servers previously used by the GRU.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Then there’s the upstart GRU Space, created just last year with the goal of building hotels on the moon.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

After the war he applied for military intelligence training, joined the GRU, and rose to the rank of full colonel.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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