Back in the middle of the 2000s, Russia’s Ministry of the Interior (MVD) began to train its Special Police Force units for deployment against protestors. Last June, the Ministry created a “Special ...
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Russian security forces raid Moscow punk concert – reports
Russian security forces disrupted a punk music festival at a Moscow nightclub Tuesday evening, stopping concertgoers and ...
Compared to a unit like OSN Vityaz, which are independent spetsnaz formations in the internal troops, SOBR is more focused on public security and small urban operations. OSN Vityaz is more focused on ...
Key point: The SOBR teams have an important police role to play. If asked to name a counterterrorism unit in Russia, most people would probably think of the FSB’s elite “Alpha” unit. Alpha ...
Police have identified the Russian special forces officers of OMON (Special Purposes Mobile Unit) and SOBR (Special Rapid Response Unit) who tortured villagers in the Bucha district in March last year ...
A year ago this month, the Omon, Russia's police force, opened their doors to foreign media as they showed off the full extent of its weaponry, techniques and no-messing tactics. As Russia prepared ...
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