Medvedev dismisses spy chief

Medvedev wants to reorganize the military and cut back from 1,300,000 to about 1,000,000 serving men and women. A lot of cuts would come from the officer corps. This is basically like cutting down on middle-management and to me it seems like a good idea.

His spy chief disagreed, and today was dismissed without warning and without explanation by Medvedev. Gen Korabelnikov had been the head of the GRU since 1997. The GRU is one of two main spy organizations, the other being much smaller, and no, thats not really that odd to have 2, the US has 16:
# Director of National Intelligence
# Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence
# Air Force Intelligence
# Army Intelligence
# Central Intelligence Agency
# Coast Guard Intelligence
# Defense Intelligence Agency
# Department of Energy
# Department of Homeland Security
# Department of State
# Department of the Treasury
# Drug Enforcement Administration
# Federal Bureau of Investigation
# Marine Corps Intelligence
# National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
# National Reconnaissance Office
# National Security Agency
# Navy Intelligence


The best part is though.. and what this has been building up to.. is the logo of the GRU. It is absolutely amazingly fantastic. It basically comes right out of a cheesy 80's anti-Russian war movie. And I love it.



An evil bat covering the globe. Amazing. I wonder what the symbolism is??