forces:SPETSNAZ

The Soviet period's Spetsnaz was the largest and the most secretive special task force in the 70's to the 80's during the climax of the Cold War between the East and the West. Spetsnaz comes from the Russian, Spetsialnoye nazranie, which means, "an army with a reason". Its existence is never vividly stated or mentioned by the Western nations and even in the Warsaw Pact. The Spetsnaz was one of the most hardcore forces out there during the Soviet period, operating invasions, political propaganda, assassinations, and abductions. It was crucial for the Spetsnaz to become familiar with all types of weaponry and methods of using them. Techniques for pursuit, patrol, camouflage, observation and knowledge on how to survive, sabotage, airborne assaults, and sustain interrogations were a must. When the Soviet Union had undergone separation, the Spetsnaz also became a part of each of those individual regions, but it is now under a same uniform with no possible assumptions on its size. However, it is believed that its equipment and combat capabilities have descended. Now, there exists the MVD professional abductor group called Vympel, and OMON established during the Olympics in Mowscow. Among these groups, Alpha and Vympel have once successfully performed a presidential assault during the war with Afghanistan; however, in 1993 during the Russian coup d'tat, when refused to take President Yeltsin's order of attacking the House of Congress they paid the price.