They are the Russian special forces, trained to operate unseen and unheard behind enemy lines; assassination and sabotage are their speciality. For 50 years they have been Moscow's secret hand: a revolution in Africa, a coup d'etat in Asia, they were the men that could make it happen. Very few knew they even existed. They are the Spetsnaz, soldiers whose stealth and ruthlessness struck fear in the heard of NATO.