n/a Information Countermeasures Center GRU
Identification
The best open-source match is military unit 76854 in Yekaterinburg. Independent OSINT datasets from 2024-2026 associate it with the Central Military District’s GRU-linked information operations / information countermeasures structure, often labeled “ЦИП ЦВО,” but this specific title is not publicly confirmed in official Russian records and should be treated as a probable rather than settled identification. Russia’s defense leadership publicly acknowledged the existence of “Information Operations Troops” in February 2017, which is consistent with the claimed functional area. ([osintbees.com](https://osintbees.com/kiberviina-ipso/?utm_source=openai))
Location
The exact site remains unconfirmed. One registry-aggregation result reports that unit 76854 was registered on 8 April 2011 with a legal address at Prospekt Lenina 71, Yekaterinburg. That address is also widely listed as the Central Military District headquarters. Because many district entities use Lenina 71 as an administrative address, it should not be read as proof that unit 76854 physically operates from that exact building. ([vrzk.ru](https://vrzk.ru/vopros/76584-vojskovaya-chast/?utm_source=openai))
Garrison support links
A Yekaterinburg garrison-court filing template states that a servicemember of unit 76854 was sent by his commander to the 354 Military Clinical Hospital for a medical board. Separate federal registry and health-listing entries place the 354 Military Clinical Hospital in Yekaterinburg. This supports the assessment that unit 76854 belongs to the Yekaterinburg garrison support network, though it still does not reveal the unit’s exact barracks or office location. ([katsaylidi.ru](https://katsaylidi.ru/blog/obrazec-iskovogo-zajavlenija-ob-osparivanii-voennoj-vrachebnoj-komissii/?utm_source=openai))
Operational relevance
If the OSINT identification is correct, unit 76854 is a district-level information/counterpropaganda node supporting the Central Military District from Russia’s main Ural command hub. Federal labor-registry entries show multiple Central Military District entities at Lenina 71, including another district unit listed there with a psychologist billet, which is consistent with a headquarters area hosting non-kinetic and information-support functions. The unit’s exact staffing, internal substructure, equipment, and working address are not publicly confirmed. ([2gis.ru](https://2gis.ru/ekaterinburg/firm/1267165676233941?utm_source=openai))