Editing Spetsnaz (section)

==== [[Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation|Main Intelligence Directorate]] (GRU) ====
* [[Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces]] (Spetsnaz GRU)
Following units belong to their specific military branches, but come under GRU operational control during wartime operations.
* [[Russian Ground Forces]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vdvloknya.ucoz.ru/news/1_dekabrja_den_rozhdenija_2_obr_specnaz_gru/2012-11-30-776|title=1 Декабря День Рождения 2 ОБр.СпецНаз ГРУ. – 30 Ноября 2012 – "Союз десантников" г.Локня|website=vdvloknya.ucoz.ru}}</ref> – fields 7 spetsnaz brigades of varying sizes and one spetsnaz regiment.
** '''[[2nd Spetsnaz Brigade|2nd Special Purpose Brigade]]''' – based in Promezhitsa, [[Pskov Oblast]]
*** Brigade HQ
**** Signals Battalion (2x Company)
**** Support Company
*** 70th Special Purpose Detachment
*** 329th Special Purpose Detachment
*** 700th Special Purpose Detachment
*** Training Battalion (2x Company)
** '''[[3rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade|3rd Special Purpose Brigade]]''' – based in [[Tolyatti]] [[File:3 brigada specnaza.jpg|thumb|Russian [[3rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade|3rd Spetsnaz Brigade]] on parade, 9 May 2011]]
*** Brigade HQ
**** Signals Company
**** Special Weapons Company
**** Support Company
**** Logistics Company
*** 1st Special Purpose Detachment (1st Battalion)
*** 790th Special Purpose Detachment (2nd Battalion)
*** 791st Special Purpose Detachment (3rd Battalion)
*** Training School
** '''10th Special Purpose Brigade''' – based in Mol'kino, [[Krasnoyarsk Territory]]
*** Brigade HQ
**** Signals Company
**** Special Weapons Company
**** Support Company
**** Logistics Company
**** K-9 Unit
*** 325th Special Purpose Detachment
*** 328th Special Purpose Detachment
*** Training Battalion (2x Company)
** '''14th Special Purpose Brigade''' – based in [[Ussuriysk]]
*** Brigade HQ
**** Signals Company
**** Logistics Company
*** 282nd Special Purpose Detachment
*** 294th Special Purpose Detachment
*** 308th Special Purpose Detachment
*** Training Battalion (2x Company)
** '''16th Special Purpose Brigade''' – based in [[Tambov]], with all units deployed in Tambov except for the 664th SPD.<ref>Сергей Козлов. Спецназ ГРУ: Очерки истории. // Том 5. Новейшая история. 1999–2010 гг.. — Москва: Русская панорама, 2010. — P. 40-41, 44–50, 65, 335–336, 492–493. — 400 p. — 3 000 экз.</ref> [[File:ReconnaissanceExercise2017-01.jpg|thumb|Russian 370th SPD conducting special reconnaissance training (2017)]]
*** Brigade HQ
**** EOD company
**** Signals Company
**** Logistics Company
*** 370th Special Purpose Detachment
*** 379th Special Purpose Detachment
*** 585th Special Purpose Detachment
*** 664th Special Purpose Detachment
*** 669th Special Purpose Detachment
** '''[[22nd Separate Guards Special Purpose Brigade|22nd Special Purpose Brigade]]''' – entire unit is based in Stepnoi, [[Rostov Oblast]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voenpro.ru/infolenta/22-gv-obrspn-pervaya-v-rossiyskoy-gvardii|title=22 гв ОБрСпН – первая в Российской Гвардии|website=voenpro.ru}}</ref><ref>[http://specnaz.pbworks.com/w/page/17657947/22%20отдельная%20бригада%20СпН%20ГРУ 22 гвардейская отдельная бригада специального назначения (22 огбрСпН ГРУ)]</ref> [[File:Anti-TerroristExercise2017-07.jpg|thumb|Russian 22nd SPB operatives conducting winter Anti-Terrorist training (2017)]]
*** Brigade HQ
**** Signals Company
**** Support Company
**** Special Weapons Company
**** Logistics Unit
**** Engineer Unit
*** 108th Special Purpose Detachment
*** 173rd Special Purpose Detachment
*** 305th Special Purpose Detachment
*** 411th Special Purpose Detachment
** '''[[24th Separate Guards Special Forces Brigade|24th Special Purpose Brigade]]''' – based in [[Irkutsk]], with all units and units deployed in Irkutsk<ref>Сергей Козлов. Спецназ ГРУ: Очерки истории. // Том 5. Новейшая история. 1999–2010 гг.. — Москва: Русская панорама, 2010. — P. 40-41, 44–50, 65, 336–337, 492–493. — 400 p. — 3 000 экз.</ref>
*** Brigade HQ
**** Signals Company
**** Special Weapons Company
**** Logistics Unit
*** 281st Special Purpose Detachment
*** 297th Special Purpose Detachment
*** 641th Special Purpose Detachment
** '''25th Special Purpose Regiment''' in [[Stavropol]]
* [[Russian Airborne Troops]]{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
** [[45th Guards Independent Reconnaissance Brigade|45th Special Purpose Airborne Brigade]]