Question:
Why does the emblem of former russian organisation GRU feature a batman logo?
anonymous
2006-04-04 08:16:41 UTC
GRU is the English transliteration of the Russian acronym ГРУ, which stands for "Гла́вное Разве́дывательное Управле́ние" (Glavnoe Razvedyvatel'noe Upravlenie), meaning Main Intelligence Directorate. The full name is GRU GSh (GRU GenShtaba, i.e. "GRU of the General Staff". )The GRU was created in 1918 by Lenin, and given the task of handling all military intelligence. It operated residencies all over the world, along with the SIGINT (signal intelligence) station, in Lourdes, Cuba, and throughout the former Soviet bloc countries, especially in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
The GRU was totally independent of most other power centers in the Soviet Union, most famously the CPSU and KGB. At the time of the GRU's creation, Lenin ordered the Cheka (predecessor of the KGB) not to interfere with the GRU's operations. The rivalry between the GRU and KGB was even more intense than the rivalry between the FBI and CIA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRU if you want to see what the emblem looks like
Three answers:
anonymous
2006-04-04 08:18:30 UTC
because a bat is a symbol of fear, and secrecy.
asmikeocsit
2006-04-04 16:03:24 UTC
I give up:You know more about it than I do.So I'll just guess.He was born there.
Donald
2006-04-04 15:18:26 UTC
haha nice logo


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