Russia: Reforming the GRU

With Russia's Chechen operations officially wrapped up, the Kremlin has now signaled that it intends to reform the shadowy intelligence agency responsible for success in Chechnya, called the Foreign Military Intelligence Directorate (GRU). Reforming such a powerful and secretive institution is a bold step, and reveals the Kremlin's confidence in its ability to reshape the country amid its international resurgence.