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Vympel (Russian: Вымпел, meaning Pennant, also
known as Vega Group or Spetsgruppa V) is a Russian counter-terrorism unit. The exact lineage is not known but the unit was formed in 1981 by KGB Gen. Drozdov within the First
Chief Directorate of the KGB as a dedicated OSNAZ unit
specialised in deep penetration, sabotage, universal direct and covert action, embassy protection and spy cell activation in case of war.
Most of the Vympel operatives mastered 2-3 foreign languages, for they were supposed to act in foreign countries, deep behind
enemy lines. The first approved Vympel agent was Evgueni Savintsev, a professional
KGB officer.
Vympel quickly gained the reputation of being the best Russian special forces unit ever, surpassing its GRU and MVD counterparts. However, after the collapse
of the USSR, Vympel was decimated by endless re-organisation and re-definition: it passed under the aegis of the Security
Ministry before being receded to the GUO (both institutions were short-lived offspring of the
ex-KGB during the Yeltsin era) and finally passed to the MVD.
The militsiya had no use for such a unit. The bulk of the Vympel operatives couldn't
stand the humiliation of being subordinated to the 'police', and duly resigned (of 278 officers, only 57 accepted to remain
within the MVD). The unit was re-named Vega.
In 1995, the FSB Special Operations Center
(TsSN FSB) was logically granted control over Vympel. Vympel regained its original name and was
re-integrated in the Intelligence Service structures. The emphasis shifted from covert and clandestine sabotage operations to
counter-terrorism and nuclear safety enforcement. Vympel operatives undergo special
training related to improvised or special explosive devices, permitting them to use 'terrorist-like' tactics to carry out their
operations. Physical training includes close hand combat, parachute training, diving, underwater combat techniques, climbing,
ropetech alpinism.
Vympel (i.e. the Directorate "V" of the TsSN FSB) is still a classified and secretive unit. Little is known about its current
operations and activities, the exception being the capture of the Chechen terrorist and rebel leader Salman Raduev in March 2000.
See also
Alpha Group
Vityaz (MVD)
Rus (special forces)
Spetsnaz
OMON
SOBR
VDV
For a discussion of Vympel by a former Soviet Military Intelligence officer, see Boris Volodarsky, "License to Kill" Wall
Street Journal, 20 December 2006 (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116658415633355185.html).
External links
Official site
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