The Red Brigades are armed units under the guidance of the All-Soviets Union which are sent to member countries and aspirant ones for the purpose of stabilisation or protection against anti-revolutionary forces. Although largely composed of Russian troops, every brigade contains battalions from a number of countries in a bid to show international proletarian solidarity. Red Brigades are recogniseable at their dark red head gear on which is painted or sown the symbol of the ASU (a crossed hammer and sickle) within a red star fimibriated gold.