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GRU

abbreviation for
(Military) (formerly) the Soviet military intelligence service; the military counterpart of the KGB
[from Russian Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravleniye Main Intelligence Directorate]
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The operation was largely covert action, most likely based on intelligence gathered previously by units connected to the Russian Black Sea fleet and possibly local agents recruited by the FSB and GRU. Pre-deployment special reconaissance by Spetsnaz-GRU may have taken place, but so far it has been difficult to find evidence of it in open sources.
OWING his ecstatically received six -night run at London's Soho eatre, which sold out in just two hours, and his highestcharting solo album with American Interior, Gru Rhys has announced details of an ambitious multi-media tour of Glastonbury Festival.
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Advaxis, a biotechnology company developing the next generation of cancer immunotherapies, has signed a master clinical trial agreement with the GRU Cancer Center at Georgia Regents University, it was reported yesterday.
During the first half of 2013, pharmaceuticals were the main air cargo import product at GRU, accounting for 51 percent of the total.
GRU will benefit with a fully integrated software platform that will enable enhanced efficiencies, increased monitoring and greater control over ground handling operations.
Dmitry Gerasimov, former commander of a GRU brigade, said in an interview with RIA Novosti as the special forces mark their 63rd anniversary.
Reprising the Gru voice was surprisingly simple as well, the actor admits.
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But when Gru uses three orphan girls as pawns for his grand scheme, he finds himself changed by the growing love between them.
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Then look no further than the splendidly made family flick Despicable Me, about Gru, a bumbling super villain who is never quite as terrifying as he tries to be, especially when faced with tending three super-cute kiddies.