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Originally Posted by whocarz
Mr. Mephisto, the Al'fa units are a part of the Spetznaz, the real name of the unit being Spetsgruppa A. The reason why I believe the Russian special forces don't do as well saving hostage lives is because there is still the callous Soviet mentality regarding human life in the Russian military/paramilitary forces, e.g. victory at all costs.
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Yes, you're right. Alfa are part of the military Spetznaz. But the term Spetznaz is misleading. It simply means "Special Purposes" (or similiar) and almost all Russian forces have Spetznaz teams; even the tax police!
Alfa, OMON and even the Vympel units would be the ones who would like carry out any assault on this hypothetical siege.
OMON are not military, but "police"; kind of like a mixture between SWAT and Delta Force.
Alfa and Vympel are like the US Delta Force.
If you want more info, just shout.
Mr Mephisto
PS - Vympel were transferred out of military command to MVD after they refused to storm the Parliament during the 1991 coup (thereby saving Russian "democracy"). Later the unit was disbanded, but some reports are that is has been reformed.
If you think US Spec Ops are shadowy, you should research what the Russians do. It's
very complex and confusing!