• Documents from a consortium of journalists reveal the existence of a secret department, ‘Department 4’, at Bauman Moscow State Technical University that trains students for the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency.
  • The department is divided into three specialist streams, the most prominent being ‘Special Reconnaissance Service’ under code 093400.
  • The GRU directly controls recruitment and grading, sending its own officers to conduct exams and approve candidates.
  • The department is led by Lt Col Kirill Stupakov, a signals intelligence officer who teaches electronic eavesdropping and covert surveillance.
  • Documents show graduates are placed in notorious GRU cyber units responsible for hacking and disinformation.

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