Definitions for GRU
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1. GRUnoun

   (Glavnoje Razvedyvatel'noje) the Main Intelligence Directorate the Soviet and then the Russian Republic's military intelligence agency

2. Etymology: From the Russian ГРУ, through phonetic spelling of Glavnoje Razvedyvatel'noje and acronymizing.

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1. GRU

   The Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formerly the Main Intelligence Directorate, and still commonly known by its previous abbreviation GRU, is the foreign military intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The GRU controls the military intelligence service and maintains its own special forces units. Unlike Russia's other security and intelligence agencies—such as the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), the Federal Security Service (FSB), and the Federal Protective Service (FSO), whose heads report directly to the president of Russia —the director of the GRU is subordinate to the Russian military command, reporting to the Minister of Defence and the Chief of the General Staff. The directorate is reputedly Russia's largest foreign-intelligence agency, and is distinguished among its counterparts for its willingness to execute riskier "complicated, high stakes operations". According to unverified statements by Stanislav Lunev, a defector from the GRU, in 1997 the agency deployed six times as many agents in foreign countries as the SVR, and commanded some 25,000 Spetsnaz troops.

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1. GRU

   Main Intelligence Directorate, abbreviated GRU is the foreign military intelligence main directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The official full name is Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It is also known as GRU GSh. The GRU is Russia's largest foreign intelligence agency. In 1997 it deployed six times as many agents in foreign countries as the SVR, the successor of the KGB's foreign operations directorate. It also commanded 25,000 Spetsnaz troops in 1997. The current GRU Director is Lieutenant General Igor Sergun.

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1. GRU

   What does GRU stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the GRU acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of GRU in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of GRU in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of GRU in a Sentence

1. John Cornyn:

   I do think that the findings of the Intelligence Committee -- community assessment during the end of the Obama administration provides a road map to what the Russians did, as do the indictment of the 12 Russian GRU intelligence officials. And we’d better wake up.

2. Jeremy Hunt:

   The GRU's actions are reckless and indiscriminate : Russian GRU intelligence service operatives try to undermine and interfere in elections in other countries ; Russian GRU intelligence service operatives are even prepared to damage Russian companies and Russian citizens.

3. John Hultquist:

   This is a good reminder that the GRU remains a looming threat, which is especially important given the upcoming Olympics, an event they may well attempt to disrupt.

4. Volodymyr Zelenskyy:

   So, Putin launched a GRU-hosted misinformation effort to color the Zelenskyy government as anti-Russian and anti-separatist, his use of ‘Nazi’ resonates with many Russians because of the slow-healing scars still plaguing the Russians from World War II.

5. Peter Wilson:

   The GRU has interfered in free elections and pursued a hostile campaign of cyberattacks, the GRU is an aggressive, well-funded body of the Russian state. It can no longer be allowed to act across the world... with apparent immunity.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gru
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gru
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=GRU