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Special purpose militia units were formed on May 5, 1919 in the Russian state in the structure of the "white" (Siberian) militia. [4] Alexander Kolchak emphasized that . OMON is a combat unit for the protection and restoration of state order and public peace, serves as a reserve for the formation of militia in areas liberated from Soviet power to train experienced police officers
Spetsgruppa "A", also known as Alpha Group (a popular English name), or Alfa, whose official name is Directorate "A" of the FSB Special Purpose Center (TsSN FSB) (Russian: Спецназ ФСБ "Альфа"), is a stand-alone sub-unit of Russia's special forces within the Russian Special Forces Center of the Federal Security Service (FSB).
Previously, the MVD had Politsiya (police, formerly Militsiya) special forces stationed in nearly every Russian city. Most of Russia's special-police officers belong to OMON units, which are primarily used as riot police and not considered an elite force—unlike the SOBR (known as the OMSN from 2002 to 2011) rapid-response units consisting of ...
The insignia of special distinction of the officers of the operational regiments of the Russian police is a black beret. Employees of the tourist police wear a sleeve sign with the words "ТУРИСТИЧЕСКАЯ ПОЛИЦИЯ TOURIST POLICE", and the flag of Russia.
On 16 September 2002, SOBR was dissolved and its units were reclassified as OMSN (Russian:отряды милиции специального назначения (ОМСН)/otryady militsii spetsial'nogo naznacheniya (OMSN), English:Special Purpose Police Units (OMSN)), [3] becoming subordinated to the regional criminal police offices, and ...
Former Russian President, Medvedev, and Interior Minister, Rashid Nurgaliyev, inspects Zubr in 2011. The Zubr Special Purpose Police Detachment (Russian: Отряд Милиции Особого Назначения "Зубр"; is Russian for Bison, particularly the European bison) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia was created in February 2006 on the basis of the OMON GUVD in the ...
Gunmen opened fire on places of worship in two cities of Russia’s southernmost Dagestan province on Sunday, killing at least 15 police officers and four civilians, including an Orthodox priest ...
On 5 April 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian Internal Troops, OMON (the Special Purpose Mobility Unit), and SOBR (SWAT) forces to form the basis of the newly created National Guard of Russia, and these close to 200,000 public order, special police, and internal troop forces previously under the command of the MVD were ...