Spetsnaz (miniseries)

Spetsnaz (Russian: Спецназ) is a 2002 Russian TV miniseries directed by Andrei Malyukov.

Spetsnaz
Genre	Action-adventure Drama Military drama
Developed by	Andrei Malyukov
Starring	Aleksandr Baluyev Aleksei Kravchenko Vladislav Galkin Igor Lifanov Vladimir Turchinsky Aleksandr Nosik Andrei Zibrov
Country of origin	Russia
Original language	Russian
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	7
Production
Production location	Moscow
Production company	Svarog
Original release
Network	ORT
Release	March 25, 2002 (2002-03-25) – October 14, 2003 (2003-10-14)

Overview

The series is set mostly in Russia and follows the adventures of four (initially six) members of the Spetsnaz. The locations also switch frequently and have also included Chechnya, Afghanistan, Dagestan, and Kosovo.

Through the course of the series, the characters have done everything from rescuing shot-down pilots in Chechnya to rescuing the passengers and crew of a hijacked Aeroflot plane grounded in Afghanistan.

Cast

The following are recurring characters in the show

• Aleksandr Baluyev as Major 'Klim' Platov, the hardened veteran unit commander
• Aleksei Kravchenko as Captain 'Doc' Vyazemsky
• Vladislav Galkin as Senior Lieutenant 'Yakut' Urmanov
• Igor Lifanov as Senior Warrant Officer 'Khrust' Khrustalyov
• Vladimir Turchinsky as Lt. Col. Ozornykh
• Aleksandr Nosik as Senior Warrant Officer 'Zmey' Kobrin
• Andrei Zibrov as Warrant Officer Aleksey 'Shakh' Shakhmametyev

Ban

See also: Boycott Russian Films

In October 2014 the Ukrainian State Film Agency banned some Russian films, particularly Spetsnaz, for demonstration and distribution. According to the head of the agency Pylyp Illenko, that decision was caused by events in Ukraine which has made it "improper to show Russian films with obvious propaganda, for example, exaltation of Russian law enforcement and Russia itself, on Ukrainian TV channels now."^[1]