Bandar gets nowhere with Putin on Syria
Before Western countries decided to launch air strikes against the Syrian regime, the Saudi head of intelligence tried to sway Putin to drop Bashar al-Assad. [...]
GRU
The GRU is the Russian Federation’s military intelligence service. The unit has operatives in foreign countries and in the Spteznaz, the Russian Special Forces. It also has interception (SIGINT) and imagery (IMINT) capabilities.