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  2. National Guard of Russia - Wikipedia

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    The National Guard of Russia is officially known as the Federal National Guard Troops Service of the Russian Federation (Russian: Федеральная служба войск национальной гвардии Российской Федерации, romanized: Federal'naya sluzhba voysk natsional'noy gvardii Rossiyskoy Federatsii). [2] [9]

  3. Alpha Group - Wikipedia

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    It was Boyarinov who ordered that all Afghan witnesses of the operation be killed, and he was accidentally shot dead by Alpha troops when he was mistaken for a palace guard. [16] According to Russian sources, the members of this highly trained group performed remarkably well, losing only two men; the lightest casualties of any of the forces ...

  4. List of guards units of Russia - Wikipedia

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    Guards formations of the Airborne Troops (Cyrillic: гвардейские соединения воздушно-десантных войск): 7th Guards Airborne Division 76th Guards Air Assault Division

  5. Federal Protective Service (Russia) - Wikipedia

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    Under article 7 of the law, "the President of the Russian Federation, while in office, shall not be allowed to forego state protection." [2] FSO includes the Russian Presidential Security Service. [3] The FSO includes an estimated 50,000 troops [4] and controls the Russian nuclear briefcase that can be used in the event of nuclear war. [5]

  6. Navalny assaulted by guards in Russian prison, Western ... - AOL

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    Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service in a Moscow courtroom on Oct. 18, 2022. ... Veduta said the assault by guards, which ...

  7. List of equipment of the Russian Ground Forces - Wikipedia

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    Russia: Assault rifle Upgrade kit for the AK-74M, consisting of a new safety, dust cover and furniture featuring improved ergonomics and rails. [17] AK-12: 5.45×39mm Russia: Assault rifle Used by elite forces under the Ratnik program. [14] AK-103: 7.62×39mm Russia: Assault rifle [7] AK-15: 7.62×39mm Russia: Assault rifle

  8. 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade - Wikipedia

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    The unit was created in 1994, as a regiment comprising the 901st Air Assault Battalion and the 218th Spetsnaz Battalion of the Russian Airborne Forces. Colonel Pavel Popovskikh is credited with the creation of the 45th Spetsnaz as a “subunit of the future”, designed to wage the counterinsurgency warfare for which the Russian armed forces ...

  9. 44th Air Assault Division - Wikipedia

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    Both had been formed from mobilized reservists, and so the 44th Air Assault Division was described by one analyst as air assault "in name only and not in function," being more comparable to a reserve or territorial division. However, it did receive some officers who were graduates of the Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School. [1] [2]