Spetsnaz (miniseries)

Spetsnaz is a 2002 Russian TV miniseries directed by Andrei Malyukov.

Overview

The series is set mostly in Russia and follows the adventures of four 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

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."