ЦСН ФСБ // Special Force FSB
Spetsnaz Counter Terrorism: Alpha Group/Team "A" and Vympel/Team "B" - "Terrorism this is a disease Meet the from Doctor".
Team "A" created 28 July 1974,first baptism of fire was in Afghanistan against the hordes of the Mujahideen. Alpha Group subdivision of the Center for Special Operations of the Federal Security Service of Russia "FSB". The main function of Group «A» - conducting urban anti-terrorist operations in a straight line and sanctions under the control of the political leadership of Russia. The main task of the Group «A» is the fight against terrorism.Team "A" - elite of the Soviet/Russian Special Forces, known as one of the most effective and advanced units in the world.
Alpha Group conducted special operations in many countries around the world - Jordan,Switzerland,Cuba,United States,Afghanistan,Israel,France,United Kingdom,Canada.
Alpha Group a top secret unit we know that the selection of the in squad is made extremely cruel manner,take in the squad by men who have reached the age of 28-30 and are citizens of Russia and that you previously had served in Russian Army and you have a higher education.
In 2011 international championship of special units in United States - «Super SWAT International Round-Up 2011" («Super Special weapons and tactics») - Team "A" Special Purpose Center of the FSB of Russia has won first and second place in two categories and received the title of best international team.
Team "B" exact lineage of Vympel is not known but the unit was formed in 1981 by the KGB Maj. Gen. Yuri Ivanovich Drozdov within the First Chief Directorate of the KGB, as a dedicated spetsnaz unit specialised in deep penetration, sabotage, universal direct and covert action, protection of Soviet embassies and espionage cell activation in case of war. Most of the Vympel operatives mastered two or three foreign languages since they were intended to act in foreign countries, deep behind enemy lines. Vympel was tasked with assassinating the top leadership of enemy states and destroying strategic infrastructure in the critical "special period," when the outbreak of war between the superpowers would have been unavoidable.
Vympel quickly gained the reputation of being among the best Soviet special forces units, surpassing its GRU and MVD counterparts. However, after the collapse of the USSR, Vympel was decimated by endless re-organisation and re-definition. It passed under the aegis of the Security Ministry before being receded to the GUO (the two institutions were short-lived offspring of the ex-KGB during the Boris Yeltsin era) and finally passed to the MVD (Interior Ministry). However, the militsiya had no use for such a unit. The bulk of the Vympel operatives could not stand the humiliation of being subordinated to the police, and duly resigned: of 278 officers, only 57 chose to remain within the MVD. The unit was renamed "Vega."
In 1995, the FSB RF Special Operations Center (TsSN FSB RF) was granted control over Vympel. The group regained its original name and was reintegrated into the Intelligence Service structures. The emphasis shifted from covert and clandestine sabotage operations to counter-terrorism and nuclear safety enforcement. Vympel operatives undergo special training related to improvised or special explosive devices, permitting them to use "terrorist-like" tactics to carry out their operations. Physical training includes close hand combat, parachute training, diving, underwater combat techniques, climbing, and alpine rope techniques. Regional groups of Vympel were deployed in cities with especially important nuclear facilities.
Vympel (i.e. the Directorate "V" of the TsSN FSB RF) is still a classified and secretive unit. It took part in Russia's Chechen campaigns and in storming of the Supreme Soviet building during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis. Little is known about its current operations and activities, the exception being the capture of the Chechen militant leader Salman Raduyev in March 2000 and the assault on the school in Beslan in September 2004.