SPETSNAZ: RUSSIAS SPECIAL FORCES PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Mark Galeotti,Johnny Shumate | 64 pages | 23 Jun 2015 | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | 9781472807229 | English | Oxford, United Kingdom Alpha Group - Wikipedia Kettlebell circuit. Turkish Get Ups 5 each side. Complete X3 rounds of each before progressing. Kettlebell Cossack squats. X10 reps on each side. Hand-to-hand combat — 3 minutes all-out rounds on the heavy bag. X3 rounds before progressing. Strength test see below. Backpack running. Chin up. Weighted crunches. Kettlebell Windmills. Kettlebell drag. Turkish get up. Kettlebell Swing. Kettlebell Clean. Kettlebell Cossack Squat. Backpack run. Heavy bag training. Endurance test. Mountain climbers. Jumping Lunges. Switch feet every jump. Strength test. Pull-ups with an overhand grip. Squat jumps , the same as in the first test. The chest must touch the ground, the body must stay straight. 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Amazon Warrior Workout. The crisis was the seizure of the crowded Dubrovka Theatre on 23 October by 40 to 50 armed Chechens who claimed allegiance to the Islamist militant separatist movement in Chechnya. The siege was officially led by Movsar Barayev. The terrorist also had numerous explosives, with the most powerful in the centre of the auditorium , that if detonated, could have brought down the ceiling and caused casualties in excess of 80 percent. During the raid, all of the attackers were killed, with no casualties among Spetsnaz, but about hostages, including nine foreigners, died due to poor first aid after falling unconscious from the gas. Most died after being evacuated from the theatre and laid outside on their backs instead of in the approved recovery position and then choking to death. Russian security agencies refused to disclose the gas used in the attack leading to doctors in local hospitals being unable to respond adequately to the influx of casualties. Physicians in Moscow condemned the refusal to disclose the identity of the gas that prevented them from saving more lives. Some reports said the drug naloxone was used to save some hostages. Also referred to as the Beslan massacre [35] [36] [37] started on 1 September , lasted three days and involved the capture of over 1, people as hostages including children , [38] ending with the death of people. The event led to security and political repercussions in Russia; in the aftermath of the crisis, there has been an increase in Ingush - Ossetian ethnic hostility, while contributing to a series of federal government reforms consolidating power in the Kremlin and strengthening of the powers of the President of Russia. The hostage-takers were the Riyadus-Salikhin Battalion , sent by the Chechen terrorist warlord Shamil Basayev, who demanded recognition of the independence of Chechnya at the United Nations and the withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya. On the third day of the standoff, counter terrorism units stormed the building using heavy weapons after several explosions rocked the building and children started escaping. It was in this chaos most of the officers were killed, trying to protect escaping children from gun fire. There are only 10 names on the special forces monument in Beslan. The attack also marked the end to the mass terrorism in the North Caucasus separatist conflict until , when two Dagestani female suicide bombers attacked two railway stations in Russia. After Beslan, there was a period of several years without suicide attacks in and around Chechnya. By the mid s, the special forces gained a firm upper hand over separatists and terrorist attacks in Russia dwindled, falling from in to 48 in Military analyst Vitaly Shlykov praised the effectiveness of Russia's security agencies, saying that the experience learned in Chechnya and Dagestan had been key to the success. In , the American Carnegie Endowment 's Foreign Policy magazine named Russia as "the worst place to be a terrorist", particularly highlighting Russia's willingness to prioritize national security over civil rights. From , the level of terrorism in Russia increased again. Particularly worrisome was the increase in suicide attacks. While between February and August , no civilians were killed in such attacks, in at least 17 were killed and in the number rose to One of the two blasts took place at Lubyanka station, near the FSB headquarters. In , Federal Security Service exposed foreign spies, including 41 professional spies and agents employed by foreign intelligence services. Olympic organizers received several threats prior to the Games. In a July video release, Chechen Islamist commander Dokka Umarov called for attacks on the Games, stating that the Games were being staged " on the bones of many, many Muslims killed In response to the insurgent threats, Russian special forces cracked down on suspected terrorist organizations, making several arrests and claiming to have curbed several plots, [55] and killed numerous Islamist leaders including Eldar Magatov, a suspect in attacks on Russian targets and alleged leader of an insurgent group in the Babyurt district of Dagestan. Several hundred members of the 45th Detached Guards Spetsnaz Regiment and the 22nd Spetsnaz brigade were sent in, disguised as civilians. Although crime has been markedly reduced and stability increased throughout Russia compared to the previous year, about militants in the North Caucasus have been killed in anti-terror operations in the first four months of , according to an announcement by Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev in the State Duma. Since its inception, the OGV combined operations has conducted 40, special missions, destroyed 5, bases and caches, confiscated 30, weapons, and disarmed 80, explosive devices and in the process has killed over 10, insurgents in the time frame of 15 years. Overall, more than 23, MVD troops have received honors for their conduct during operations. Russian spetsnaz forces participated in the Grozny clashes. Various Russian special missions units have been openly supporting Syrian army units, and along with the Russian Aerospace Forces , have been invaluable in pushing back anti-government forces. Also during World War I, General Aleksei Brusilov became one of the first senior commanders to utilize the tactics of fast-action shock troops for assaults following concentrated accurate artillery fire in what would be later be known as the Brusilov Offensive of Such tactics, considered revolutionary at the time, would later inspire people like Prussian Captain Willy Rohr in the development of the Prussian Stormtroopers founded in The Russian military theorist Colonel Mikhail Svechnykov originally proposed the concept of using special tactics and strategies. Svechnykov executed during the Great Purge in , envisaged the development of unconventional warfare capabilities to overcome disadvantages faced by conventional forces in the field. In the s the "grandfather of the spetsnaz ", Ilya Starinov , [66] began the implementation of the idea. These forces were subordinate to front commanders. In Georgy Zhukov advocated the creation of 46 military spetsnaz companies, each consisting of servicemen. This was the first use of "spetsnaz" to denote a separate military branch since World War II. These companies were later expanded to battalions and then to brigades. However, some separate companies orSpN and detachments ooSpN existed with brigades until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The special-purpose forces of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union included fourteen land brigades, two naval brigades and a number of separate detachments and companies, operating under the Main Intelligence Directorate GRU and collectively known as Spetsnaz GRU. These units and formations existed in the highest possible secrecy, disguised as Soviet paratroopers Army spetsnaz or naval infantrymen Naval spetsnaz by their uniforms and insignia. Twenty-four years after the birth of Spetsnaz, the Chairman of the KGB General Yuri Andropov in that office from to established the first counter-terrorist unit. Some civil agencies with non-police functions have formed special units also known as Spetsnaz , such as the Leader special centre in the Ministry of Emergency Situations MChS. In a Special Operations Forces Command was established for Special Operations Forces which had earlier been established from around following a study of Western special-operations forces units and commands. They were heavily involved in secret operations and training pro-Soviet forces during the Cold War and in the wars in Afghanistan during the s and Chechnya during the s and s. In , as a result of the Russian military reform , GRU special forces came under the control of the Russian Ground Forces , being "directly subordinated to commanders of combined strategic commands. Most Russian military special forces units are known by their type of formation company, battalion or brigade and a number, like other Soviet or Russian military units. Below is a list of special purpose units in the Russian Armed Forces: [72] [73]. Following units belong to their specific military branches, but come under GRU operational control during wartime operations. The Russian Navy also fields dedicated maritime sabotage and counter-sabotage diver units.