Army from the bridge over the Dnister River. On 4 April 1997, the Delta Battalion was awarded the Order of Honor by President Yevgeny Shevchuk. In 2012, the "Delta" battalion was reorganized into the "East" Special Operations Center of the KGB. List of leaders Vladimir Antyufeyev – September 1992 – December 2011 Vladislav Finagin – January 24, 2012 – May 17, 2013 Nikolay Zemstov – October 22, 2013 – May 21, 2014 Mikhail Lapitsky – May 21, 2014 – June 1, 2017 Valeriy Gebos - June 1, 2017 – present References External links Description and contact information, Ministry of National Security of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, Retrieved April 2, 2010. Dan Ionescu, "Intelligence Agences: Lethal Expansion", TOL, 2002 crij.org: Sorin Ozon, "Original Communism", Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism, July 13, 2006 History of Transnistria since 1991 Intelligence ministries Politics of Transnistria Political organizations based in Transnistria Military of Transnistria