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GRU

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The abbreviated name of the GRU, the Russian (formerly Soviet) military intelligence agency.
"The GRU has long been Russia's main military intelligence service."
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Etymology

From Russian ГРУ (GRU), an acronym for Главное Разведывательное Управление ("Main Intelligence Directorate").

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