School where heroes are forged: What to know about Russia’s unique Spetsnaz university

School where heroes are forged: What to know about Russia’s unique Spetsnaz university During his trip to Chechnya, President Vladimir Putin stopped over at the Russian Special Forces University in Gudermes, familiarizing himself with the facilities, observing training, and meeting with special forces commanders, instructors, and volunteers fighting in the Ukraine conflict. Here’s what you should know about this unique school: Who founded it? Created in 2013 at the behest of Chechen Republic leader Ramzan Kadyrov, the university is Russia’s only privately run special forces school. Kadyrov announced in February that the school would carry Putin’s name. What kinds of training is offered? The university offers comprehensive training across more than a dozen specialties, from urban combat and paradrops to live-fire and sniper, forest, polar, desert, diving/scuba, medical, canine, engineering, IT, and military journalism training. That’s possible thanks to the school’s sprawling 400... Source: Sputnik International