In December 2022, a secret intelligence unit was formed in Russia, designed to carry out assassinations and abductions of Kremlin opponents abroad. According to an investigation by The Insider, the unit was officially named Center 795 (military unit 75127). The decision to create it was made by the General Staff to expand the capabilities of special services following the start of the full-scale war. The structure reports directly to the Chief of the General Staff, Valery Gerasimov.
The Center comprises approximately 500 officers selected from elite units of the FSB (including “Alpha” and “Vympel”), the GRU, and the Belarusian KGB. This marks the first instance of large-scale operational cooperation between the Ministry of Defense and the FSB. Leadership was entrusted to former Alpha officer Denis Fisenko, while the core team consists of members from General Andrey Averyanov’s team, previously known for the operations of GRU unit 29155.
Management structure and financial backing
A distinctive feature of Center 795 is its financial model: in addition to official pay from the Ministry of Defense, officers receive supplemental payments through the Kalashnikov Concern. Salaries for rank-and-file officers reach 500,000 rubles, while leadership earns up to 3 million rubles per month.
This autonomy allows the unit to operate independently of standard military chains of command. Experts link the emergence of the Center to the need for expanding the geography of clandestine operations amid Russia’s growing isolation and the increased activity of opposition groups abroad.
Analytical summary: The creation of Center 795 marks a transition to state-sponsored terror as a standard tool of foreign intelligence. In 2026, the activities of this structure will become a key destabilizing factor in Europe and the CIS, requiring Western intelligence agencies to revise their security protocols.