Omon and sobr will not receive military ranks. "Peresvet", "Zubr" and "Vyatich": what special forces will be included in the National Guard

28.09.2020

MOSCOW, 12 April. /TASS/. The decision to transfer military personnel of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, as well as fighters of the units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - SOBR and OMON - to the troops of the National Guard will be made only after the entry into force federal law"About the troops of the National Guard Russian Federation". This was reported to TASS by a source in law enforcement agencies.

"The decision to transfer the soldiers of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as SOBR and OMON, will be made only from the moment the relevant law comes into force. Currently, a preparatory period is underway," the source said, noting that recertification for military personnel of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not provided.

"They will be transferred to the National Guard automatically," the source explained.

According to him, the monetary allowance for the fighters of the National Guard has not yet been determined. At present, in the Internal Troops it ranges from 16,000 to 90,000 rubles. “In the National Guard, maybe everything will be different, or maybe they will leave a similar monetary allowance. As for the benefits, they have not yet been determined, since the document has not yet been adopted and there are no explanations on this matter yet. In any case , the social security of the National Guard fighters, both transferred from the explosives and from the special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, will not worsen," the agency's interlocutor said.

In turn, the head of the press service of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Vasily Panchenkov, said that the draft decree of the President of the Russian Federation on the regulation "On the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation" published the day before aroused interest. "It aroused interest, it is read and studied, but it is premature to comment on something," he said.

New shape and numbers

"The guardsmen, of course, will have a new uniform, emblem, banner. It will take time to develop them. It is assumed that the new uniform will appear by the end of the year," the source added.

The number of guardsmen will be approved by the President of the Russian Federation. "According to preliminary calculations, it can amount to about 300 thousand people, 170 thousand of them are those who are now serving in the Internal Troops, more than 20 thousand are OMON, about 8-9 thousand are SOBR. We need to add about 80 thousand to them employees of private security, as well as the division of licensing and permitting activities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but they are not numerous," the source said.

"As for the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Okhrana of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, its founder will change, it will become the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation," he added.

Bill

On April 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the creation of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops and submitted to the State Duma a bill "On the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation" and amendments to the legislation related to its adoption.

According to the bill, among the main tasks are participation, together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in protecting public order and ensuring public safety, participation in the fight against terrorism and in ensuring the legal regime of the counter-terrorist operation, participation in the fight against extremism and participation in the territorial defense of the Russian Federation. In addition, its main tasks include the protection of important state facilities and special cargo, assistance to border authorities in the protection state border, implementation state control for compliance with the legislation in the field of arms trafficking and private security activities.

According to the draft Decree of the President of the Russian Federation on the regulation "On the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation", the new federal service will have a short name - the National Guard. It will include OMON, SOBR detachments, private security units, Okhrana Federal State Unitary Enterprise, Center special purpose rapid response forces and aviation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The new federal service will provide state control (supervision) over compliance with legislation in the field of arms trafficking and in the field of private security activities, as well as the implementation of private security.

OMON and SOBR officers will receive military ranks until January 31, 2018

OMON and SOBR fighters of the Russian Guard will receive military ranks instead of police officers before the end of the year, Colonel-General Sergei Melikov, deputy director of the department, said on Wednesday. At the same time, the commander-in-chief of the guards, Viktor Zolotov, set the task of preserving all existing social guarantees, for which the relevant legislative amendments are being developed, explained Alexander Khinshtein, adviser to the head of the Russian Guard. With the assignment of military ranks to former police officers, coordination of their detachments with the special forces of the Internal Troops will become closer.
OMON and SOBR officers of the Russian Guard will switch to military service until the end of January next year, Colonel-General Sergei Melikov, deputy director of the department, told reporters on Wednesday.

According to the commander, the formation of the National Guard troops takes place in three stages. During the first, territorial authorities of the Russian Guard were created in all regions of Russia.

At the second stage, which will be completed by August 31, 2017, it is planned to complete the formation of groups in the regions of Russia to guarantee the fulfillment of "legally assigned tasks and ensure public safety, including during the Confederations Cup."

The latter will be held in Russia in the summer of 2017 under the auspices of the International Football Federation (FIFA) with the participation of the national teams of Russia, Germany, Portugal, Australia, Chile, Mexico, New Zealand and Cameroon. The competition is considered to be a kind of rehearsal for the World Cup in the host country.

“During the third stage, until January 31, 2018, the main task of the National Guard troops will be the transfer of OMON and SOBR police officers to military service and holding joint activities with other law enforcement agencies in preparation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup,” Melikov explained.

According to the Regulations on the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops (FSVNG), signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin last fall, the National Guard can have employees with both military and police ranks, as well as civil servants.

Thus, the OMON, SOBR, and employees of the licensing and permitting service who came to the Russian Guard from the Ministry of Internal Affairs retained their special ranks, while the soldiers and officers of the Internal Troops retained their military ranks.

Even the disciplinary responsibility for the guards, according to the document, is divided between two charters: the Disciplinary Charter of the Armed Forces and the Disciplinary Charter of the Internal Affairs Bodies.

In February, Melikov clarified that the process of transferring OMON and SOBR officers would take the whole of 2017. According to him, the procedure is complicated, in particular, by the fact that when transferring, former police officers must go through a military medical commission.

At the same time, the process should not affect the social guarantees of employees, Alexander Khinshtein, adviser to the head of the Russian Guard, explained to Gazeta.Ru.

“The director of the Russian Guard, Viktor Vasilyevich Zolotov, clearly set the task that police officers, when transferring to military service, should not lose either money or social guarantees. Today, they are subject to all the norms of the current police legislation, including social guarantees, cash payments, allowances, medical care, and so on. Today we are actively working on normative work so that no one loses anything, ”adviser to the head of the National Guard Alexander Khinshtein explained to Gazeta.ru.

According to the presidential decree on the creation of the Russian Guard, OMON and SOBR officers “are accepted in 2018 for military service in the troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation in the prescribed manner with the assignment of the appropriate military ranks to them.”

The purpose of the transition of OMON and SOBR to military service is the unification of fighters and officers of the former police special forces and special forces of the Internal Troops. According to the plan of the country's leadership, this will make the interaction of the relevant units closer, and will also allow officers and soldiers to move from one unit to another.

Among additional features that former police officers will automatically receive when they become military personnel, in particular, the choice between a preferential military mortgage or allocated ready-made housing instead of a one-time housing improvement allowance.

Now the National Guard includes troops (former units and formations of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs), as well as regional detachments of SOBR and OMON.

According to an informed interlocutor of Gazeta.Ru in power structures, the total staffing of the OMON and SOBR detachments alone, transferred to the guard, totals more than 45 thousand fighters. Their integration into the troops of the National Guard will increase the number of the latter by almost 30%. In addition, the Ministry of Internal Affairs private security guards, the Special Operations Center for the Rapid Response Forces and Aviation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Protection" were transferred to the department.

Subordinate to the service headed by former bodyguard Putin, army general Zolotov, personally to the president. The leadership of the National Guard will discuss the procedure for interaction with colleagues from the Ministry of Internal Affairs with them on their own.

At the collegium of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in March, the head of state said that the capabilities of the police department should be increased by deepening coordination with the National Guard, and not by “growth of [its own] power component.”

As a source said earlier, it was about the formation in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of its own special forces from former employees of the Grom special forces of the abolished Federal Drug Control Service.
Since Monday, a sudden check of combat readiness has been announced in the troops of the National Guard, which is being carried out for the first time since the creation of the National Guard. The decision to check was made personally by Zolotov.

The events began in the Central Federal District and will be continued in other federal districts, according to a report published on Monday. The governing bodies, formations, military units and subunits are put on combat readiness. A special control system has been deployed to manage forces and means. On the central command post troops of the National Guard "around the clock is the collection, generalization, analysis of the current situation and control over the actions of formations and military units."

“The issues of checking readiness for combating sabotage and reconnaissance groups, terrorist and extremist formations are being worked out,” the Russian Guard specified.

In addition, during the inspection, the Russian Guard intends to work out mechanisms to strengthen the protection of especially important state facilities in the energy, industry and transport. In accordance with the plans, to strengthen their protection, reserves were created from the composition of special forces units, ready for immediate action.

“A set of measures was taken to counter terrorist threats near facilities guarded by the troops of the National Guard of Russia, special tactical exercises were planned with military units with access to training grounds and in training centers", - added in the National Guard.
During the exercises, “operational units, special forces and intelligence of the Russian Guard, using special and armored vehicles, practice practical actions to neutralize mock terrorists.”

In February, the head of the contractual and legal department of the Russian Guard, Alexander Shkolnikov, said that the Russian Guard was preparing a bill to toughen responsibility for non-compliance with the rules of anti-terrorist protection of objects of national importance.

According to the Regulations on the Russian Guard, the department created in the spring concentrated in its hands full control over the sphere of security services, including the state protection of especially important facilities, communications and facilities of the fuel and energy industry, as well as over the circulation of civilian weapons.

Employees of the OMON and SOBR of the Russian Guard will enter military service by the end of January next year, Colonel-General Sergey Melikov, deputy director of the department, told reporters on Wednesday.

At the same time, the process should not affect the social guarantees of employees, Alexander Khinshtein, adviser to the head of the Russian Guard, explained to Gazeta.Ru.

Among the additional options that former police officers will automatically receive when they become military personnel, in particular, the choice between a preferential military mortgage or allocated ready-made housing instead of a one-time housing improvement allowance.

Now the National Guard includes troops (former units and formations of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs), as well as regional detachments of SOBR and OMON.

The service, headed by Putin's former bodyguard General of the Army Zolotov, reports personally to the president. The leadership of the National Guard will discuss the procedure for interaction with colleagues from the Ministry of Internal Affairs with them on their own.

As Gazeta.Ru's source told earlier, it was about the formation in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of its own special forces from former employees of the Grom special forces of the abolished Federal Drug Control Service.

Since Monday, a sudden check of combat readiness has been announced in the troops of the National Guard, which is being carried out for the first time since the creation of the National Guard. The decision to check was made personally by Zolotov.

The events began in the Central Federal District and will continue in other federal districts, according to a message published on Monday. The governing bodies, formations, military units and subunits are put on combat readiness. A special control system has been deployed to manage forces and means. At the central command post of the National Guard troops, "round-the-clock collection, generalization, analysis of the current situation and control over the actions of formations and military units are carried out."

“The issues of checking readiness to combat sabotage and reconnaissance groups, terrorist and extremist formations are being worked out,” the Russian Guard specified.

“A set of measures was taken to counter terrorist threats near facilities guarded by the troops of the Russian National Guard, tactical and special exercises were planned with military units with access to training grounds and training centers,” the National Guard added.

During the exercises, “operational units, special forces and intelligence of the Russian Guard, using special and armored vehicles, practice practical actions to neutralize mock terrorists.”

In accordance with the Regulations on the Russian Guard, the department created in the spring has concentrated in its hands full control over the sphere of security services, including state protection of especially important facilities, communications and fuel and energy facilities, as well as the circulation of civilian weapons.

A large-scale reform of special forces has begun in the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops (FSVNG, Rosgvardiya). As Izvestia was told in the department, the plans are to assemble SOBR, OMON, as well as separate reconnaissance detachments (ORO) and special forces detachments (OSPN) in the directorates of special forces (USpN) of the Russian Guard.

The new departments will be organized on a territorial basis and will be responsible for certain regions of the country. USPN will be closed directly to the leadership of the National Guard, or rather, to the Main Directorate of the Special Forces of the FSVNG, formed last spring. In addition to power units, the USPN is planned to include aviation: special-purpose air units, which were previously transferred to the department from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to military experts, the concentration of the special forces of the Russian Guard in a single fist will increase its mobility and effectiveness. Special Forces will be able to instantly relocate to anywhere in the country to maintain law and order and conduct special operations. The opinions of employees and servicemen of the special forces of the Russian Guard interviewed by Izvestia were divided: some believe that the new structure will solve the problems of interaction with the operational structures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, others call the USPN unnecessary bureaucratic superstructures.

From riot police to intelligence

In 2016, units of the special forces of the police and the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs joined the Russian Guard, which differ greatly in terms of the level of training and the types of tasks they perform. In the Russian Guard, special forces are conditionally divided into police and military. The military block includes 19 separate reconnaissance and special forces, as well as the legendary 604th Red Banner Special Purpose Center "Vityaz". Military special forces are trained to detect illegal armed formations and to destroy their leaders. The number of units is not disclosed by the department.

The police block includes 123 OMON detachments and 82 SOBR divisions. More than 20 thousand people serve in them. OMON officers are involved in ensuring security during public events. SOBRs were created to fight organized crime. Both of them have been successfully used more than once in military anti-terrorist operations in the North Caucasus.

Now these divisions will gather under one roof.

- All changes are designed to increase the effectiveness of the power component of the National Guard, - Izvestia was told in the FSVNG.

The first control has already been created

The reform is already underway. The first experimental uspn of the Russian Guard was created in the Moscow region. It is located on the territory of the operational division named after Dzerzhinsky. The new structure included SOBR from Dolgoprudny and OMON units stationed in Shchelkovo, Sergiev Posad, and Podolsk. In the Russian Guard, Izvestia confirmed the creation of a new center, but declined to comment further.

It is planned that the second USPN will appear in Pyatigorsk this year. It will include the 17th Special Forces Detachment, units of the 98th Special Motorized Regiment and OMON. From Moscow, the work of such USPNs will be supervised by the Main Directorate of the SSPN of the Russian Guard.

Now the question of the optimal construction of services and divisions of the Russian Guard, including special forces departments, is being discussed, the FSVNG told Izvestia. - By the end of 2018, it is planned to have four departments, each of which will cover a certain territorial-geographical zone.

After the reform, the FSVNG special forces will become ultra-mobile. For this, the USPN, if necessary, on a permanent or temporary basis, will be attached to the aviation units of the National Guard. In the event of a threat, the commandos should be anywhere in the country in a few hours. Previously, the Center for Special Operations of the Rapid Response Forces and Aviation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs operated under this scheme, which included SOBR "Lynx" and OMON "Zubr".

Legal difficulties

When creating the USPN, the leadership of the Russian Guard has already had to face legal problems. Parts of the Special Forces and ORO are staffed by military personnel who are subject to army law. They serve according to military regulations. The labor activity of SOBR and OMON employees is regulated by the law "On Police".

Now the employees of these detachments are waiting to become military personnel, ”Mikhail Pashkin, chairman of the interregional Moscow Police Trade Union, told Izvestia. - After signing the contracts, they will begin life according to military regulations. Before leaving the unit, they will have to notify the commander. The command in these units will be able to introduce a barracks position.

Telephone interaction

OMON officers say that there are already problems with interagency cooperation between the Russian Guard and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In particular, this concerns the force support of police operations.

Before the reform, the head of the police unit could personally call the commander of the SOBR and OMON and within five minutes agree on leaving for detention, Mikhail Pashkin said. - Now you need to ask for support from the National Guard and wait for approval.

Lieutenant-General Petr Rovensky, former deputy commander-in-chief of the Internal Troops of Russia, told Izvestia that issues of interaction are already being resolved at the level of operational duty officers of the two departments, and it takes minutes.

According to the officers, the USPN will primarily have dispatching functions - to accept applications from the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation or the police to conduct special operations and send the appropriate forces.

According to OMON officers, interaction can be improved. To do this, it is necessary to introduce employees with experience in the Ministry of Internal Affairs into the leadership of the new USPN. They know the specifics of police special operations and all the nuances of interaction with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Investigative Committee.

On the ground, they are afraid of "headquarter superstructures"

In the course of the reform, the leadership of the Russian Guard will have to solve several difficult problems. One of the OMON officers told Izvestia that the emergence of new departments could affect the interaction and controllability of the units.

The goal of any reform should be to increase efficiency, he said. - There is a system of management of SOBR and OMON, which has already proved its worth. Is it worth changing something? The appearance of an add-on in the form of a USPN manual will inevitably affect the efficiency of decision-making.

Spetsnaz officers interviewed by Izvestia noted that the unification of OMON and SOBR into one structure could lead to problems. If only because the status, level of education and special training of the employees of these units are too different. SOBRs were always staffed with officers, usually with the rank of major or lieutenant colonel. OMON - mostly ensigns. The unification of SOBR "Lynx" and OMON "Zubr" into a single structure for this very reason created many problems that affected the interchangeability of these parts.

The reform will increase the mobility of SOBR, OMON and military special forces into a single structure of the National Guard, as well as level the level of training of fighters from different units.

Now hundreds of detachments of OMON, SOBR and military intelligence of the Russian Guard are scattered throughout the country, military expert Vladislav Shurygin told Izvestia. - New USPN will become mobile forces. They will be able to quickly and efficiently relocate to different areas and solve a wide range of tasks there: fight against riots, detain criminals and terrorists, and carry out special operations.

According to the expert, in the new centers these units will undergo a single combat training program, using the same equipment and according to uniform departmental standards.

Now the police is partially financed from the budgets of the regions, - said Vladislav Shurygin. - With this money, uniforms and auxiliary equipment are purchased. As a result, SOBR and OMON detachments, although transferred to the Russian Guard, still do not look uniform. The differences are especially pronounced in equipment and uniforms. OMON officers from different regions may look completely different from each other.

The most difficult thing to find a place in the Russian Guard will be military intelligence officers. Now, unlike in the 1990s and early 2000s, there are no numerous gangs of militants in the North Caucasus. And the fight against terrorism falls within the area of responsibility of the FSB.

However, the presence of units with different specializations, with a competent approach, will allow the special forces of the Russian Guard to solve almost any task - from protecting mass events to searching for especially dangerous gangs in forests.

How riot police and SOBR zachmoril in the National Guard. November 10th, 2016

Dear Mikhail Petrovich!

We ask you to help prevent the destruction of the legendary OMON and SOBR units, which have been guarding the defense of order for many years. The members of the detachments have repeatedly turned to your trade union for help. We hope that this time we will be heard through your activities.
And the story is as follows. In April of this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin, by his decree, created a new law enforcement agency in the country - the National Guard. A respected, authoritative leader and professional in his field, General Viktor Vasilievich Zolotov, was appointed commander. The special forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs also entered the ranks of the guard.
Initially, the OMON and SOBR officers were proud that they would enter such a power structure, they perceived the transition with enthusiasm and hope for changes for the better. After all, since tsarist times, the guard has personified strength, valor and honor, protecting the interests of citizens and the state.
However, the joy from these innovations was short-lived and ended when the appointments of leaders to the territorial bodies began. Currently we are talking about management in Moscow.

OMON and SOBR units have been leading their history for more than a dozen years. Of course, over the years, their own foundations and traditions have developed, which are supported not only by the personnel, but also by the leadership of the detachments.
With the appointment of Vsevolod Ovsyannikov and Vyacheslav Pytkov (OMON and SOBR) as commanders, the soldiers and officers had the confidence that these traditions would not only be maintained but also multiplied.
These are respected commanders who have gone through all the stages of service in our special forces, who have repeatedly participated in hostilities, they are a vivid example of courage and professionalism for all of us. But ... There is also a higher leadership in the Main Directorate of the Russian Guard in Moscow, with the advent of which everything has changed.

The National Guard is being created on the basis of the Internal Troops. With great respect for the military, on what basis? Territorial? Spiritual? Which? According to the situation now taking place in our units, it is understood as follows: Soldier, forget about everything, now you are in the army !!!
Forget about what, about the spirit and traditions, about the combat path of the units? The opinion of the leadership of the Main Directorate is that we came to them and are now obliged to the end of our lives.

There are many sayings that you can not go to Tula with your own samovar or climb into the monastery with your charter. But Colonel Viktor Derkach does not know this. He decided to come to the OMON with a charter and turn the special unit into a construction battalion.
Each employee of the detachment served in the army and knows in his own skin what the hardships and deprivations of military service are. All those wishing to continue serving in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have signed contracts.
The rest chose a different path. We went to serve in the special forces. But, unfortunately, having worked for a dozen years, we are returning to square one. And one should not confuse a conscript soldier with a special forces soldier, behind whom there is more than one business trip to the Caucasus and more than one detention of a dangerous criminal.

Colonel Derkach, who is now acting head of the Russian Guard department for Moscow, felt himself omnipotent in this position. Instead of solving the real problems of the units that arose in connection with the transition from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to a new department, he issues inadequate orders and orders. Apparently everything that is written below is a priority task!

Any movement was prohibited along the parade ground. Only marching or running. Or as part of a division. Although the OMON officers based in Strogino have been moving around the parade ground freely for more than 15 years, this did not affect the quality of their official tasks in any way.

On all premises it is necessary to place tags of the established sample - red with bronze letters. All leaders from squad commanders to battalions are now puzzled not by the organization of the service and preparation for it, but where and how to print these tags.

All uniforms must be stored in the same cases, and shoes - in special identical bags for shoes. Each division has metal cabinets for equipment and uniforms, where employees have always neatly stored their belongings without any covers and nothing has happened to them for so many years. Do we have to buy covers at our own expense?!

Remove flowers, calendars (!!!) and equipment from office premises that are not on the balance sheet of the unit. Unfortunately, there is not enough funding for all office equipment, and some employees who have responsibly approached the fulfillment of their tasks, if possible, do work on personal computer equipment.
It never interfered, but only facilitated the work process. What calendars prevented Derkach - still no one understands, and we have not yet been taught to determine the day of the week by the sun,

V deadlines OMON and SOBR officers were ordered to visit two museums and a concert of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Internal Troops, and the commanders needed to report on the activities carried out.
In accordance with the order of Derkach, it is necessary to visit these places within 10 days from December 15 to 25, 100% of the personnel must attend excursions and a concert! That is, people for such an important task must be recalled from vacation!
Not to mention the fact that employees who already work almost seven days a week will be required to attend cultural events by order on their days off. And what is the use of a culture that they are trying to impose by force?
What responsibility will follow in case of failure to comply with such an order of national importance - it’s even scary to think! And Colonel Viktor Derkach himself, along with OMON janitors, will probably carry out the service of protecting public order during the cultural recreation of the fighters.

Maybe this will seem like complete nonsense to someone, but the destruction of the national idea and spirit comes precisely from the useless, incomprehensible innovations of incompetent leaders. By the way, the leadership of the GU is already showing its competence at mass actions in the capital.

The leadership of the OMON provided a base for the placement of the Main Directorate of the Russian Guard in Moscow. And probably already regretted it. Here we must pay tribute to Deinichenko. The headquarters of the OMON was evicted from the renovated offices, freeing these premises for the main control.
And where are the riot police officers? They will be comfortable in the basement, in the production building, and maybe on the roof - this is the universal special forces, according to Derkach.
Employees of the personnel department were crammed like herrings into a barrel in one office, along with personal files - about fifteen people. You come in and you are amazed - try to find your personnel officer in this mess and solve official issues! If this is how they treat the headquarters, then what can the fighters (combat soldiers, according to the new leadership) expect?

Why does Derkach need to think about personnel. The main thing is to line up in time, report and draw a map. This is a priority for him.

And here's another case. The law prohibits smoking indoors. On the territory of the base on the street there are specially designated places for smokers. But the law is not written for Derkach. He smokes in the workplace.
Some members of the detachment also do not mind smoking at their workplaces, but for them this will most likely end in dismissal.

Now we are beginning to envy the employees of the SOBR and OMON, who probably foresaw that with such statutory commanders the spirit of the police would be suppressed, and did not go to the Russian Guard, remaining in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
It seems that after everything that begins to happen in the units, the shortage will only grow, and, accordingly, people will be removed from the weekend, as it is happening now. Only how to give the weekend, or the soldiers do not need them. How long will all this go on???

With such an approach to management, the Russian Guard in Moscow will soon be left without professionals from OMON and SOBR. Our units have repeatedly proved their loyalty to the oath and professionalism, fighting lawlessness and violation of order.
And if we stand on the threshold of the Ukrainian scenario, who will protect the country? Are they really young conscript soldiers into whom the unbridled personnel policy of all sorts of jerks turns us? And most importantly, will a person be able to give an order?

Dear Mikhail Petrovich!