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In the
Russian Federation ,
law enforcement is the responsibility of a variety of different agencies. The
Russian police (formerly the
militsiya ) are the primary law enforcement agency, with the
Investigative Committee of Russia as the main investigative agency, and the
Federal Security Service (FSB) as the main domestic security agency.
Agencies
Ministry of Internal Affairs :
The
Investigative Committee of Russia is an investigative body, sometimes described as the "Russian
FBI ".
Ministry of Justice :
The
Federal Security Service (FSB) is the domestic security service, and the main successor agency of the Soviet-era
Cheka ,
NKVD , and
KGB . Responsible for
anti-terrorism operations.
Federal Customs Service
The
Ministry for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM) is responsible for the civil defence regulation, protection from fire and has own troops.
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Ministry of Defence
The
National Guard (formerly
Internal Troops ,
OMON , and
SOBR ) provide a
gendarmerie function, supporting the
Politsiya and dealing with large-scale riots and internal armed conflicts. They also provide security for highly-important facilities (such as
nuclear power plants ).
The
Federal Protective Service of Russia is responsible for the protection of Russian state property and high-ranking government personnel, including the
President of Russia .
Presidential Security Service - concerned with the tasks related to the protection of the
President of Russia .
Prisons
Prisons in Russia are administered by the
Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) and can be categorized under four types of facilities: pre-trial institutions; educative or juvenile labor colonies; corrective labor colonies; and prisons.
The
corrective colony (
Russian : Исправительно-трудовая колония, ИТК , ispravitelno-trudovaya koloniya , ITK ) is the most common, with 760 institutions in 2004 across the many
administrative divisions of Russia . There were also eight prisons, 62 juvenile facilities, and 192 pre-trial facilities in 2004.
See also
References
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