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Senior Fellow @FPRI. Previously @USMC, @ColumbiaSIPA, @CentreAST. Focused on Russian defense policy.

Apr 2, 2021, 6 tweets

Video of a Rosgvardia VBSS exercise in Dudinka, Krasnoyarsk Krai with Rosgvardia SOBR and spetsnaz teams, as well as instructors from the Spetsnaz University in Chechnya. Officers inserted via parachute, Mi-8 helicopters, and snowmobiles and ATVs.

Second half of the video. In the Arctic, Rosgvardia is responsible for protecting 3 nuclear power facilities, 7 nuclear-powered ships (including the Akademik Lomonosov floating nuclear plant), and 9 seaports on the NSR. 2/
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The exercise was supervised by the director of Rosgvardia, Victor Zolotov, as well as Ramzan Kadyrov's security advisor, Danil Martyanov (a former FSB Alfa officer). The exercise involved members of the Vityaz, SOBR Rys, and regional spetsnaz units. 3/
rosguard.gov.ru/ru/news/articl…

The first half of another video of the Rosgvardia spetsnaz VBSS exercise in Dudinka, Krasnoyarsk Krai. Looks like officers parachuted from both Mi-8 helicopters and a fixed-wing aircraft. They also used ZALA 421-22 UAVs. 4/
rosguard.gov.ru/ru/news/articl…

Second half of the video. Rosgvardia officers erected ladders to climb on board the ship, while other officers (and Russian Spetsnaz University instructors) fast roped from Mi-8 helicopters before clearing the ship. Some with Obzor PK1 optics. 5/

Photos from the Rosgvardia spetsnaz VBSS exercise in Dudinka. 6/
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