Putin noted the unique capabilities of the Russian military intelligence officers and the value of their work.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived on Friday at the Russian Army Theater to congratulate military intelligence officers on the upcoming professional holiday. The head of state highly appreciated their work, noted the value of the information they extracted.

In addition, the president spoke in favor of restoring the former name of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which is better known as the GRU, Main Intelligence Directorate.


“As the Supreme Commander, I certainly know, without any exaggeration, the unique opportunities, including special operations, I highly appreciate the information and analytical materials and reports that are prepared for the country's leadership in the General Directorate General Staff, I am confident in your professionalism, personal courage and determination that each of you will do everything for Russia and our people ", - Putin addressed the military intelligence officers.
Putin stressed that the capabilities of the Main Department of the General Staff are especially important in modern conditions. “The conflict potential in the world, unfortunately, is growing, provocations and blatant lies are being used, attempts are being made to break strategic parity, systems of international law are being shaken. Radicals and terrorists who are trying to spread their criminal activities to new regions of the planet are taking advantage of this,” - Putin said.
According to him, such a "bridgehead of chaos and violence, they wanted to create in Syria." “They didn’t succeed, it didn’t work out,” the president stated, adding that “military intelligence played a huge role in the destruction of the ringleaders of the bandits, bases and infrastructure of the militants ... in the point, smashing attacks of our aircraft and fleet.” “Our intelligence officers, as prescribed in the Russian military tradition, never retreated, they carried out the order clearly,” the head of state continued. “The world has returned to many regions of Syria, the bloodshed was stopped, no less important is the fact that we dealt such a blow to terrorists, which prevents them from returning to our territory) - certainly a great merit of military intelligence. "
Putin recalled the long and glorious history of Russian military intelligence, noting that "Russia is proud of all these milestones." The President drew attention to the fact that many officers of the Russian Imperial Army, being true patriots and statesmen, played a significant role in the formation of the new military intelligence structure of the country, since they understood that "there is no greater shame than to change the Fatherland, to betray comrades."
Thus, the president continued, these people during the period of revolutionary upheavals ensured the continuity of the traditions of service. “The military intelligence officers showed the same loyalty to the duty at the turn of the 1990s, after the collapse of the USSR, then the GRU potential and the personnel training school were preserved,” the head of state emphasized.