Special Battalions Vostok and Zapad (Russian: Специальные батальоны "Восток" и "Запад", lit. "East" and "West") were two Spetsnaz units of the GRU, the...
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Vostok Battalion can refer to: Special Battalions Vostok and Zapad, former Spetsnaz units of Russian military intelligence (GRU) based in Chechnya Vostok...
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Spetsnaz GRU (redirect from Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces)
based in Kronstadt The Special Battalions Vostok and Zapad were two Spetsnaz units; Vostok headquartered at Eastern Chechnya and Zapad headquartered at Western...
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expedition across Antarctica Exercise Vostok, Russian military exercises, similar to Exercise Zapad Vostok Battalion (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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Russian irregular units in Ukraine (redirect from Zapad-Akhmat)
transferred to the Zaporizhzhia front. Vostok-Akhmat (East-Akhmat) is one of the four volunteer "elite special forces" Akhmat units raised by Ramzan Kadyrov...
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Kadyrovites (redirect from 141st Special Motorized Regiment)
of Ukraine Sulim Yamadayev–Ramzan Kadyrov power struggle Special Battalions Vostok and Zapad Arkan's Tigers Fakel (company) Redut (company) Shabiha, a...
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Spetsnaz (redirect from Russian Special Forces)
battalion or brigade) and a number, like other Soviet or Russian military units. Two exceptions were the ethnic Chechen Special Battalions Vostok and...
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GRU (Russian Federation) (category Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List)
Yamadayev were commanders of Special Battalions Vostok and Zapad ("East" and "West") that were controlled by the GRU. The battalions each included close to...
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June, when he declared that both the Vostok and Zapad battalions would remain intact, saying, "These battalions will certainly remain, because they not...
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colonel in the Russian Army, who was the leader of the GRU Spetsnaz Special Battalion Zapad ("West"), a Chechen military force, from 2003 to 2007. Inside Chechnya...
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