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Russian Border Guards were also stationed outside of Russia most notably in southern Tajikistan, in order to guard the border with Afghanistan, until summer 2005. On the Afghan-Tajik border on many occasions they were engaged in heavy fighting with drug-traffickers and Islamic extremists .
The naval ensign of Russian Border Guard watercraft from 1993 [2] to 2008. In 1994, as part of the FPS – Glavkomat, the MChPV of Russia was reorganized into the Naval Forces of the Border Troops of the Russian Federation. The command of the naval forces of the Border Troops of the Russian Federation was created – instead of the post of the ...
The missions of the National Guard of Russia include joint [5] operations in securing borders (in assistance to the Border Service of Russia), [48] fighting terrorism and organized crime, performing functions currently carried out by riot [14] and prison police, protecting public safety and order (along with the Ministry of Internal Affairs ...
Ukraine caught Russia — as well as its Western allies — off guard on August 6 by launching a surprise attack on the Kursk border region, grabbing around 386 miles of territory in a matter of days.
Russian border guards have removed navigation buoys from the Estonian side of a river separating the two countries, the Baltic nation said on Thursday, adding that it would seek an explanation as ...
A cross-border incursion into Russia's Belgorod from Ukraine sparked backlash about Vladimir Putin's ability to protect his borders and the Kremlin's military.
The Karpov frontier post, Soviet-Afghan border Former Soviet Border Guard observation post in Estonia. The Soviet Border Troops (Russian: Пограничные войска СССР, romanized: Pogranichnyye voyska SSSR) were the border guard of the Soviet Union, subordinated to the Soviet state security agency: first to the Cheka/OGPU, then to NKVD/MGB and, finally, to the KGB.
A Border Security Zone (Russian: пограничная зона) in Russia is the designation of a strip of land (usually, though not always, along a Russian external border) where economic activity and access are restricted in line with the Frontier Regime Regulations set by the Federal Security Service (FSB). [1]