He generally buys and sells every kind of equipment or supplies players are willing to trade with. Ī mysterious underground broker who has set up a common black market during the conflict.

Private Military Contractors: A Russian-based PMC, most likely based on the Wagner Group.

A Lighter Shade of Black: While BEAR is working under a covert pretext for the Russian government's indirect involvement in Tarkov, their main mission is to uncover any evidence for Terra Group's far more illegal activities that had allegedly started the civil war.

Covert Group with Mundane Front: Well, a PMC is 'mundane' when in actuality, BEAR is a front for the Russian military's covert operations on foreign soil, especially when they require Plausible Deniability.

Sent in after the pullout of the Russian Ground Forces from Tarkov, they are tasked to uncover any information and intelligence regarding Terra Group's involvement with illegal activities while battling USEC, rogue PMCs and roaming Scavs. Officially, they are a private military group but in reality they are a secret arm of Russia's covert overseas assets. Made out of former VDV, Spetznaz and other Tier One Russian operators, BEAR is a PMC based in Russia.

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