Strelok

SVR Spetsgruppa Strelok (arrow, gunner, pointer) is a virtually unknown Detachment composed of Regional Teams. Each department (geographical region) contains of 10-24 members on station or in training. Each department can receive instructions from the President of Russian Federation, Residentura, or Chief of Consular Affairs in whichever country the assignment is to take place. Our secondary role was to provide Documents and Local Intelligence on Prime Targets for Supporting Special Detachment Groups. We belong to SVR-Directorate S. Each Team Member has following training :

* Our Motto : Ð‘Ñ€Ð¾Ñ?Ð¸Ñ‚ÑŒ Ð?Ðµ Ð¢ÐµÐ½ÑŒ (Cast no Shadow)
* Response : ÐŸÑ€Ñ?Ñ‚Ð°Ñ‚ÑŒÑ?Ñ? Ha ÐžÑ‚ÐºÑ€Ñ‹Ñ‚Ð¾Ð¼ BoÐ·Ð´ÑƒÑ…oÐ¼. (Hide in plain sight/open air.)

These grew from the following KGB Chief Directorates:

*The First Chief Directorate (Foreign Operations) — responsible for foreign operations and intelligence-gathering. This chief directorate had many sub-directorates of its own. The First Chief Directorate also ran the Executive Action Department, or Department V, which conducted assassinations, snatches and sabotage in enemy territory.
*The Second Chief Directorate — responsible for counter-intelligence and internal political control of citizens and foreigners in the Soviet Union.
*The Fifth Chief Directorate — also responsible for internal security; originally combated political dissent; later assumed tasks of the Second Chief Directorate, such as controlling religious dissent, monitoring artists, and the censorship of media; it was renamed Directorate Z (to Protect the Constitutional Order) in 1989.

Spetsgruppa Strelok is outgrowth of Spetsgruppa Vympel. Do to Russian Society and Buearocracy constantly changing to meet new needs, all info is to be considered outdated by time of publication, as Internal Ministry doesn't allow release until it no longer represents threat.

Our patch was similar to Brigade 34-Ð¯ MÐ’Ð”, but w/ Big Dipper over left shoulder pointing to Polaris over beret. (similar to Alaska State Flag.)

Below are links to patches similar to ours :

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*Please link sites of reference to this article and cross connect to other KGB/SVR strings if you are better at editting this Site than I.

The above should be cross-linked to other SVR/KGB articles. I don't know how to, so please help. If you have any questions or request additional unclassified info please note this and I will try to respond within one week.
Whiterussian1974 (talk) Whiterussian1974 (talk) 02:13, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

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