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16 Zhitnaya Ulitsa
Moscow 117049
Tel. +7 (095) 239 69 71 (press service)
Receiving room:
11 Sadovaya-Sukharevskaya
Tel. +7 (095) 222 66 69
Rashid Nurgaliyev, Minister
http://www.mvd.ru
Services:
Migration
Agencies:
This ministry does not oversee any agencies
Departments (includes):
Criminal Investigation
Protection of Property
Security Service
Security of Restricted Areas and Objects
Transport Security
Traffic Safety
Organized Crime and Terrorism
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) has a wide array of duties. It was responsible for uncovering and investigating certain categories of crime, apprehending criminals, supervising the internal passport system, maintaining public order, combating public intoxication, supervising parolees, managing prisons and labor camps, providing fire protection, and controlling traffic. Internal Affairs troops also carry out peacekeeping missions within Russia, including operations in Chechnya.
The MVD's militia is used for ordinary policing functions such as law enforcement on the streets, crowd control, and traffic control. As part of a trend toward decentralization, some municipalities, including Moscow, have formed their own militias, whi ch cooperate with their MVD counterpart. The militia is divided into local public security units and criminal police. The security units run local police stations, temporary detention centers, and the State Traffic Inspectorate. They deal with crimes outside the jurisdiction of the criminal p olice and are charged with routine maintenance of public order. The criminal police are divided into organizations responsible for combating particular types of crime. The Special Forces Police Detachment (Otryad militsii osobogo naznacheniya--OMON), is a highly trained elite branch of the public security force of the MVD militia.
last updated May 26, 2005
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