GRU

GRU or Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravleniye is a russain intelligence agency similer to the CIA or MI6

It was formed just before the end of world war one. The agency survived the transition from military superpower to hot bed of revolution and tthen on to civil war, through communism to today.

BATTLEFIELD 3

GRU isseen during battlefield 3 as one of the playable factions during the campaign.