GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/GRU_(Main_Intelligence_Directorate)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	intelligence officer
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:GRU
gptkbp:affiliatedWith	gptkb:Spetsnaz_GRU gptkb:Unit_29155 gptkb:Unit_74455
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Russia gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:director	gptkb:Igor_Kostyukov
gptkbp:dissolved	2010 (as GRU, restructured as GU)
gptkbp:emblem	bat with globe
gptkbp:established	1918
gptkbp:formerMusicDirector	gptkb:Igor_Sergun gptkb:Pyotr_Ivashutin gptkb:Valentin_Korabelnikov
gptkbp:function	military intelligence cyber operations signals intelligence
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	gptkb:Moscow
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate)
gptkbp:jurisdiction	gptkb:Russian_Federation
gptkbp:motto	"Only silence is safer"
gptkbp:nativeName	gptkb:Главное_разведывательное_управление
gptkbp:notableAgent	gptkb:Alexander_Mishkin gptkb:Denis_Sergeev gptkb:Anatoliy_Chepiga gptkb:Sergei_Skripal
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:2015_Bundestag_hack gptkb:2017_NotPetya_cyberattack gptkb:Chechen_Wars gptkb:2018_OPCW_hack gptkb:Operation_Ghostwriter gptkb:MH17_downing Syrian Civil War involvement Black Sea sabotage operations Montenegrin coup attempt (2016) Operation Secondary Infektion Ukrainian conflict operations
gptkbp:notableOperation	gptkb:2016_US_election_interference gptkb:Skripal_poisoning annexation of Crimea
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_Russian_Federation
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Registration_Directorate
gptkbp:relatedOrganization	gptkb:FSB gptkb:Russian_Armed_Forces gptkb:KGB gptkb:SVR
gptkbp:successor	GU (Main Directorate)
gptkbp:type	gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:website	https://eng.mil.ru/en/structure/forces/ground/structure/gru.htm
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Russian_Federal_Security_Service
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7