Reorganization to transform Russia's Internal Troops

From: Special Warfare | Date: October 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

As part of a broader restructuring of the Russian security establishment announced in August 1998, the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or MVD, will be reorganized over the next few years. As an early step, these internal-security forces, who have been active in most areas of ethno-national conflict in Russia and around its periphery, will no longer be required to guard state buildings or to escort convoys. During the period 2001-2005, the Internal Troops are to be transformed into the Federal Guard, which is characterized as a "Federal internal security police." Federal ...

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