The Alfa Group Consortium is one of Russia's largest privately owned financial-industrial conglomerates, with interests in oil and gas, commodities trading, commercial and investment banking (Alfa Bank), insurance, retail trade and telecommunications. The group was founded by Mikhail Fridman (one of the most influential business leaders in Russia and one of the Russian oligarchs) and Peter Aven. The Consortium was built on Alfa_Eco, a trading company established in 1988 by Mr. Fridman.
AlfaGroup's primary function is believed to be to carry out urban counter-terrorist missions under the direct sanction and control of the Russian political leadership.
"AlfaGroup" or Group A, a special forces (spetsnaz) or special operations detachment OSNAZ unit attached to the KGB was created 29 July 1974 within the First Chief Directorate of the KGB on the orders of Yuri Andropov, then Chairman of the KGB.
During the Soviet coup attempt of 1991 the Alfagroup (under the command of Major General Viktor Karpukhin) was assigned the task of entering the White House, Russia's parliament building, and killing Boris Yeltsin and the other Russian leaders following a planned assault on the entrance by paratroopers.
In Afghanistan, the Alfa's orders were: investigation of structures, location, intentions of mujahideen, capture and liquidation of the leaders of mujahideen, search and destruction of warehouses of the weapon and ammunition, army headquarters and signal centers, search and rescue soldiers from captivity, help of the Afghani army in organization of subversive groups.
The employees of group of capture have shot all cartriges from pistols at interior of the plane have not got to sihting (in the terrorists not impact), have received wounds from fire of the terrorists and have disappeared in a cabin of the pilots, having closed a door.
GroupAlfa used in assault of committee on TV and broadcasting, television TV-tower and the centre of broadcasting.
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