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The '''Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation''', commonly known as the '''Special Operations Forces''' (SOF; {{lang-rus|Силы специальных операций; ССО|Sily spetsial’nykh operatsiy; SSO}}),<ref>{{cite web|title=Силы специальных операций (ССО)|url= http://encyclopedia.mil.ru/encyclopedia/dictionary/details_rvsn.htm?id=14234@morfDictionary|website=Ministry of Defense of Russia|access-date=22 September 2017|language=ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906142614/http://encyclopedia.mil.ru/encyclopedia/dictionary/details_rvsn.htm?id=14234@morfDictionary|archive-date=2017-09-06|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CANSOFCOM">{{cite book|last1=Marsh|first1=Christopher|title=Developments in Russian Special Operations - Russia's Spetsnaz, SOF and Special Operations Forces Command|date=2017|publisher=Canadian Special Operations Forces Command|location=Ottawa, Ontario|isbn=9780660073538|series=CANSOFCOM Education & Research Centre Monograph Series |url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/mdn-dnd/D4-10-21-2017-eng.pdf|access-date=22 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019025845/http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/mdn-dnd/D4-10-21-2017-eng.pdf|archive-date=2017-10-19|url-status=live}}</ref> are strategic-level [[special forces]] under the '''Special Operations Forces Command''' ({{lang-rus|командование сил специальных операций; KCCO|Komandovanie sil spetsial’nykh operatsiioperatsiy; KSSO or KSO}})<ref name="CANSOFCOM" /> of the [[General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation|General Staff]]<ref name="CANSOFCOM" /> of the [[Russian Armed Forces|Armed Forces]] of the [[Russian Federation]]. It is also a structural and an independent unit of the Armed Forces.
 
The first units of what would become the Special Operations Forces were transferred from the [[GRU (G.U.)|GRU]] in 2009 as part of the continuing [[2008 Russian military reform]].<ref name="CANSOFCOM" /> The Special Operations Forces Command was established in 2012 and announced in March 2013 by the [[Chief of the General Staff (Russia)|Chief of the General Staff]] [[Valery Gerasimov]].<ref name="riaden" /><ref name="riareshila">[https://ria.ru/defense_safety/20130306/926091973.html Россия решила создать силы специальных операций] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627173301/https://ria.ru/defense_safety/20130306/926091973.html |date=2018-06-27 }} [[RIA Novosti]], 6 March 2013.</ref> According to Gerasimov, the SOF was designed as a strategic-level asset, elite special operations force units of the KSSO whose primary missions would be foreign interventions including [[counter-proliferation]], [[foreign internal defense]] operations and undertaking the most complex [[special operations]] and [[Clandestine operation|clandestine missions]] for protecting interests of the Russian Federation.<ref>[[Mark Galeotti]]. [https://www.janes.com/images/assets/299/46299/The_rising_influence_of_Russian_special_forces.pdf The rising influence of Russian special forces] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827174209/https://www.janes.com/images/assets/299/46299/The_rising_influence_of_Russian_special_forces.pdf |date=2018-08-27 }} Jane's Intelligence Review, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://ria.ru/defense_safety/20130323/928679972.html В Вооруженных силах РФ созданы силы специальных операций] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828035548/https://ria.ru/defense_safety/20130323/928679972.html |date=2018-08-28 }} [[RIA Novosti]], 23 March 2013.</ref>