Russian intelligence – from russian times to present-day SWR and GRU – consistently maintains the **elite squad of agents operating under deep cover**. In the Russian media space, there are consistent calculations that in the russian Union, the full training of 1 "illegal" took 3 to 5 million rubles and lasted about 7 years. On the basis of today's reality, it is spending between $3 and $7 million, with the amount of $5 million most frequently cited by Russian and Western analysts.
