page_title: Spetsnaz
section_title: Other MVD agencies
hierarchical_section_title: Spetsnaz / Soviet MVD and Russian National Guard special forces / Other MVD agencies
caption_attribution_description: Русский: ОСН Гром ФСКН России (Grom Special purpose unit of Federal Drug Control Service)
context_page_description: Spetsnaz is an umbrella term for special forces in Russian language and is used in numerous post-Soviet states.
  Historically, the term referred to special operations units controlled by the main military intelligence service GRU. It also describes task forces of other ministries in post-Soviet countries. Russian special forces wear different berets depending on the branch of the armed forces they belong to. These include:
  Ground Forces and Airborne Forces – Blue beret
  Navy and Marines – Black beret
  National Guard – Maroon beret
  As Spetsnaz is a Russian term, it is typically associated with the special units of Russia, but other post-Soviet states often refer to their special forces units by the term as well, since these nations also inherited their special purpose units from the now-defunct Soviet security agencies. The 5th Spetsnaz Brigade of Belarus is such an example of non-Russian Spetsnaz forces.
context_section_description: Federal Drug Control Service of Russia
  OSN "Grom"
caption: SURPAT wearing OSN "Grom" operator of the Russian Federal Drug Control Service.
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