The collapse of the USSR cast over Russia and other republics the threat of new turmoil: many interests were left unsatisfied, and thousands of people now held weapons and small amounts of power. Yet Igor Sablin, leader of the revolutionaries now at the helm, did not let the country sink into banditry. He made a key decision — to centralize and unite all those ordinary people who dared to stand for their homeland, binding them together and giving their struggle new meanings.
Igor Sablin and Alexey Marin formed these people into the Corps of Homeland Defenders (Korpus Zaschitnikov Rodiny) — not just a militia, but a socio-patriotic movement that included both revolutionaries and volunteers ready to serve their country in every sphere of life: from maintaining order in the streets to raising new generations of patriots.
Those who showed the greatest resilience and experience, the best of the best, were forged into an elite unit — the Brodex Forces (Brodeksova Rota). Under Marin’s direct command, they took on tasks beyond the reach of police or army forces.
Brodex Forces became the tool for carrying out the most complex covert operations in Russia’s interests, including secret missions abroad. The unit embodied skill, discipline, and absolute loyalty to the ideals of the new Russia.