anonymous
2006-04-04 08:16:41 UTC
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