What does the GRU do?

• A. Internal security and counterintelligence.
• B. Military intelligence and offensive cyber operations.
• C. Economic policy analysis.
• D. Space surveillance.

Answer: (B)

The GRU is Russia’s military intelligence directorate, focused on gathering intelligence for the armed forces and carrying out operations to support military objectives. Its remit includes collecting military information, analyzing it for battlefield and strategic advantage, and conducting covert actions, including offensive cyber operations used to disrupt or influence adversaries’ systems. That combination—military intelligence and offensive cyber capabilities—best matches what the GRU does. Internal security and counterintelligence are primarily the realm of the domestic security service (FSB), economic policy analysis is handled by economic ministries and policy institutes rather than a military intelligence agency, and space surveillance is governed by space and defense components outside the GRU’s core mission.