Wympel (special unit)
Vympel ( Russian Вымпел even Vympel transcribed, pennant ', officially Управление «В» Центра специального назначения ФСБ России ) is a special unit of the Russian Federal Security Service FSB . It was set up in 1981.
Wympel is the sister force of the KGB / FSB unit ALFA , which is used for the fight against terrorism and undercover operations.
criticism
The state news agency RIA published a report in 2008, according to which veterans of the unit complained about the loss of experience with the special forces. The chairman of the all-Russian fund of veterans and employees of special forces and intelligence services, Wympel-Garant , Kisselev, said in 2008: “ During the Soviet era, preparation in the Wympel departments usually took more than five years. The training took place in many disciplines. You had to have at least two university degrees and have a good command of a foreign language, namely the colloquial language. At the beginning of the 1990s, Wympel was able to solve any task. ” According to him, it is necessary to preserve the experience gained in training the employees of the Wympel Group from the Soviet era for future generations.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Boris Jegorow: An overview of five legendary Russian special forces. Retrieved July 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Russia: Secret service veterans criticize loss of experience since the Soviet era on de.ria.ru, accessed on April 26, 2014.