OMON, the Glossary
OMON is a system of Military special police units within the Armed Forces of Russia.[1]
Table of Contents
229 relations: AK-74, Akhalgori, Alexander Kolchak, Alexander Lukashenko, Alyaksandr Kazulin, Amnesty International, ARAS (Lithuania), Argun, Chechen Republic, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Armenian volunteer units during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, AS Val and VSS Vintorez, Associated Press, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijani Armed Forces, Balaclava (clothing), Ballistic shield, Baton (law enforcement), Battle of Hostomel, BBC Monitoring, BBC News, Bean bag round, Berezniki, Berkut (special police force), Body armor, Boris Yeltsin, BTR-60, BTR-70, BTR-80, Center for Defense Information, Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Chelyabinsk, Civil disorder, Closed-circuit television, Combination bus, Cordon and search, Defence Forces of Georgia, Designated marksman rifle, Detention (imprisonment), Dissenters' March, Dissolution of the Soviet Union, Dziennik Polska-Europa-Świat, East Prigorodny conflict, Enforced disappearance, European bison, European Court of Human Rights, European Parliament, European Union, First Chechen War, First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Fratricide, ... Expand index (179 more) »
- Counterinsurgency organizations
- Law enforcement units
- Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union)
- National Guard of Russia
- Special forces of Russia
- Specialist law enforcement agencies of Russia
AK-74
The AK-74 (Russian: Автомат Калашникова образца 1974 года, tr. Avtomat Kalashnikova obraztsa 1974 goda, lit. 'Kalashnikov assault rifle model 1974') is an assault rifle designed by small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1974 as a successor to the AKM.
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Akhalgori
Akhalgori (ახალგორი, Ленингор Leningor) is a town in Georgia (in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region, according to the official administrative division of Georgia).
Alexander Kolchak
Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak (Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Колча́к; – 7 February 1920) was a Russian admiral, military leader and polar explorer who held the title of Supreme Ruler of Russia from 1918 to 1920 during the Russian Civil War, though his actual control over Russian territory was limited.
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Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, currently the longest in Europe.
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Alyaksandr Kazulin
Alyaksandr Kazulin (Аляксандр Уладзіслававіч Казулін, Александр Владиславович Козулин, born 25 November 1955 in Minsk) is the former leader of the Belarusian Social Democratic Party and one of the candidates who ran for the office of President of Belarus on 19 March 2006.
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Amnesty International
Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom.
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ARAS (Lithuania)
The ARAS or Lithuanian Police Anti-terrorist Operations Unit ARAS (Lietuvos policijos antiteroristinių operacijų rinktinė ARAS) is the police tactical unit of the Lithuanian Police Force and was established in 1991.
Argun, Chechen Republic
Argun (Аргу́н), also known as Ustrada (Устрада-ГӀала, Ustrada-Ġala or Орга-ГӀала, Orga-Ġala) is a town in the Chechen Republic, Russia, located on the Argun River.
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Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (abbreviated as AFU) are the military forces of Ukraine.
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Armenian volunteer units during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War
The term fedayee was originally used during the Armenian national movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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AS Val and VSS Vintorez
The AS Val "Shaft" (Russian: АС «Вал»; Автома́т Специа́льный, romanized: Avtomát Spetsiálny "Val", lit. 'Special Automatic') and VSS Vintorez "Thread Cutter" (Russian: ВСС «Винторе́з» Винто́вка Сна́йперская Специа́льная, romanized: Vintóvka Snáyperskaya Spetsiálnaya "Vintorez", lit.
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Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, also referred to as the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan SSR, Azerbaijani SSR, AzSSR, Soviet Azerbaijan or simply Azerbaijan, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union between 1922 and 1991.
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Azerbaijani Armed Forces
The Azerbaijani Armed Forces (Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri) is the military of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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Balaclava (clothing)
A balaclava, also known as a monkey cap, balaclava helmet, ski mask or sheisty, is a form of cloth headgear designed to expose only part of the face, usually the eyes and mouth.
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Ballistic shield
A ballistic shield, also called a tactical shield or bulletproof shield, is a protection device deployed by police, paramilitaries, and armed forces that are designed to stop or deflect bullets and other projectiles fired at their carrier.
Baton (law enforcement)
A baton (also truncheon, nightstick, billy club, billystick, cosh, lathi, or simply stick) is a roughly cylindrical club made of wood, rubber, plastic, or metal.
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Battle of Hostomel
The battle of Hostomel was the first major battle in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, fought for control over the town of Hostomel between the Russian and Ukrainian armed forces.
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BBC Monitoring
BBC Monitoring (BBCM) is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation which monitors, and reports on, mass media worldwide using open-source intelligence.
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
Bean bag round
A bean bag round, also known by its trademarked name flexible baton round, is a type of baton round, fired from a shotgun, and used for less lethal apprehension of suspects.
Berezniki
Berezniki (Березники́) is the second-largest city in Perm Krai, Russia.
Berkut (special police force)
The Berkut (Беркут, Бе́ркут, Byerkut; "golden eagle") was the Ukrainian system of special police (riot police) of the Ukrainian ''Militsiya'' within the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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Body armor
Body armor, personal armor (also spelled armour), armored suit (armoured) or coat of armor, among others, is armor for a person's body: protective clothing or close-fitting hands-free shields designed to absorb or deflect physical attacks.
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (Борис Николаевич Ельцин,; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999.
BTR-60
The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers (APCs).
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BTR-70
The BTR-70 is an eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier (armored carrier) originally developed by the Soviet Union during the late 1960s under the manufacturing code GAZ-4905.
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BTR-80
The BTR-80 (armoured carrier) is an 8×8 wheeled amphibious armoured personnel carrier (APC) designed in the Soviet Union.
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Center for Defense Information
The Center for Defense Information (CDI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Washington, D.C. It specialized in analyzing and advising on military matters.
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Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (Nóxçiyn Respublik Içkeri; Chechenskaya Respublika Ichkeriya; abbreviated as "CHRI" or "CRI"), known simply as Ichkeria, and also known as Chechnya, was a de facto state that controlled most of the former Checheno-Ingush ASSR from 1991 to 2000.
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Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.
Civil disorder
Civil disorder, also known as civil disturbance, civil unrest, civil strife, or turmoil, are situations when law enforcement struggle to maintain public order or tranquility.
Closed-circuit television
Closed-circuit television (CCTV), also known as video surveillance, is the use of closed-circuit television cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors.
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Combination bus
A combination bus, also called a truck bus or shift bus, is a purpose-built truck with a "passenger container" fulfilling the role of a bus.
Cordon and search
Cordon and search is a military tactic to cordon off an area and search the premises for weapons or insurgents.
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Defence Forces of Georgia
The Defence Forces of Georgia (tr), or Georgian Defence Forces (GDF), are the combined military forces of Georgia, tasked with the defence of the nation's independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.
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Designated marksman rifle
A designated marksman rifle (DMR) is a modern scoped high-precision rifle used by infantry in the designated marksman (DM) role.
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Detention (imprisonment)
Detention is the process whereby a state or private citizen lawfully holds a person by removing their freedom or liberty at that time.
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Dissenters' March
The Dissenters' March (Марш несогласных) was a series of Russian opposition protests that took place on December 16, 2006 in Moscow, on March 3, 2007 in Saint Petersburg, on March 24, 2007 in Nizhny Novgorod, on April 14, 2007 for the second time in Moscow, on April 15, 2007 again in Saint Petersburg, on May 18, 2007 in Samara, (citing Reuters, AP) and on May 19, 2007 in Chelyabinsk.
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Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
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Dziennik Polska-Europa-Świat
Dziennik Polska-Europa-Świat (Daily Poland-Europe-World) was a Polish nationwide daily newspaper published by Ringier Axel Springer, a joint venture between Germany's Axel Springer Verlag publishing company and Swiss media company Ringier.
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East Prigorodny conflict
The East Prigorodny conflict, also referred to as the Ossetian–Ingush conflict, was an inter-ethnic conflict within the Russian Federation, in the eastern part of the Prigorodny District in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, which started in 1989 and developed, in 1992, into a brief ethnic war between local Ingush and Ossetian paramilitary forces.
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Enforced disappearance
An enforced disappearance (or forced disappearance) is the secret abduction or imprisonment of a person with the support or acquiescence of a state followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person's fate or whereabouts with the intent of placing the victim outside the protection of the law.
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European bison
The European bison (bison) (Bison bonasus) or the European wood bison, also known as the wisent, the zubr, or sometimes colloquially as the European buffalo, is a European species of bison.
European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court, is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
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European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions.
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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
First Chechen War
Chechen resistance against Russian imperialism has its origins from 1785 during the time of Sheikh Mansur, the first imam (leader) of the Caucasian peoples.
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First Nagorno-Karabakh War
The First Nagorno-Karabakh War was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh backed by Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan with support from Turkey.
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Fratricide
Fratricide (– the assimilated root of 'to kill, cut down') is the act of killing one's own brother.
Friendly fire
In military terminology, friendly fire or fratricide is an attack by belligerent or neutral forces on friendly troops while attempting to attack enemy or hostile targets.
Gazeta.Ru
Gazeta.Ru (Газета.Ru) is a Russian news site based in Moscow.
Gendarmerie
A gendarmerie is a military force with law enforcement duties among the civilian population.
Georgian Civil War
The Georgian Civil War lasted from 1991 to 1993 in the South Caucasian country of Georgia.
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The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Georgia, the Georgian SSR, or simply Georgia, was one of the republics of the Soviet Union from its second occupation (by Russia) in 1921 to its independence in 1991.
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Gharm
Gharm (tr. Gharm;, tr. Garm;, tr. Gharm) is a city and jamoat in the Rasht Valley area of central Tajikistan.
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GM-94
The GM-94 (Гранатомет Магазинный образца 1994, Granatomet Magazinnyy obraztsa 1994, lit. "magazine-fed grenade launcher, model of 1994") is a pump action grenade launcher for use by Russian special and security forces.
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Google LLC is an American multinational corporation and technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence (AI).
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Gorno-Badakhshan
Gorno-Badakhshan, officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region in eastern Tajikistan, in the Pamir Mountains.
GP-25
The GP-25 Kostyor ("Bonfire"), GP-30 Obuvka ("Shoe") and GP-34 are a family of Russian 40 mm under-barrel muzzleloaded grenade launchers for the AK family of assault rifles.
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Grozny OMON friendly fire incident
The Grozny OMON friendly fire incident took place on March 2, 2000, when an OMON (Russian special-purpose police) unit from Podolsk, supported by paramilitary police from the Sverdlovsk Oblast in armored vehicles, opened friendly fire on a motorized column of OMON from Sergiyev Posad (Moscow Oblast), which had just arrived in Chechnya to replace them.
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GSh-18
The GSh-18 (Cyrillic: ГШ-18) is a 9mm semi-automatic pistol developed by the KBP Instrument Design Bureau in Tula during the 1990s.
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Gulmurod Khalimov
Gulmurod Salimovich Khalimov (Гулмурод Салимович Ҳалимов, Гулмурод Салимович Халимов) (14 May 1975 – 8 September 2017) was a Tajik and Islamist military commander.
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Hooliganism
Hooliganism is disruptive or unlawful behavior such as rioting, bullying and vandalism, often in connection with crowds at sporting events.
Hostage
A hostage is a person seized by an abductor in order to compel another party, one which places a high value on the liberty, well-being and safety of the person seized—such as a relative, employer, law enforcement, or government—to act, or refrain from acting, in a certain way, often under threat of serious physical harm or death to the hostage(s) after expiration of an ultimatum.
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Human rights
Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,.
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.
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Imedi Media Holding (იმედი მედია ჰოლდინგი) is a private television and radio company in Georgia.
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Ingush people
Ingush (translit, pronounced), historically known as Durdzuks, Gligvi and Kists, are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Republic of Ingushetia in central Caucasus, but also inhabitanting Prigorodny District and town of Vladikavkaz of modern day North-Ossetia.
Ingush–Chechen fratricide incident
The Ingush–Chechen fratricide incident on 13 September 2006 resulted in the death of eight police officers, and the wounding of a further 20 when Chechen and Ingush policemen fired on each other on the border between the republics.
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Ingushetia
Ingushetia or Ingushetiya, officially the Republic of Ingushetia, is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe.
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
The Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) is an independent nonprofit organization that trains and provide publishing opportunities for professional and citizen journalists.
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Internal troops
Internal troops, sometimes alternatively translated as interior troops or interior ministry forces, are military or paramilitary, gendarmerie-like law enforcement services, which are found mostly in the post-Soviet states, primarily Russia. OMON and Internal troops are ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union).
Internal Troops of Russia
The Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (translit) was a paramilitary force of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia from 1991 to 2016.
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Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.
Interpol
The International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL (abbreviated as ICPO–INTERPOL), commonly known as Interpol (stylized in allcaps), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control.
Irkutsk
Irkutsk (p; Buryat and Эрхүү, Erhüü) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.
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Islamic State
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist group and an unrecognised quasi-state.
January Events
The January Events (Sausio įvykiai) were a series of violent confrontations between the civilian population of Lithuania, supporting independence, and the Soviet Armed Forces.
Jeans Revolution
The Jeans Revolution (Джынсавая рэвалюцыя, transliteration: Džynsavaja revalucyja, translit) was a term used by Belarus' democratic opposition to describe their protests following the 2006 Belarusian presidential election.
July 2000 Chechnya suicide bombings
The July 2000 Chechnya suicide bombings happened on July 2-July 3, 2000, when Chechen insurgents launched five suicide bomb attacks on the Russian military and police headquarters and barracks within 24 hours.
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KGB
The Committee for State Security (Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti (KGB)) was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 13 March 1954 until 3 December 1991.
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Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra, commonly shortened to Khantia-Mansia, is a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Tyumen Oblast).
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Khojaly massacre
The Khojaly massacre was the mass killing of Azerbaijani civilians by Armenian forces and the 366th CIS regiment in the town of Khojaly on 26 February 1992.
Khojaly, Nagorno-Karabakh
Khojaly (Xocalı,; translit) or Ivanyan (Իվանյան) is a town in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Khunkar-Pasha Israpilov
Khunkar-pasha Germanovich Israpilov (German-voj Xunkarpaş; 13 November 1967 1 February 2000) was a Chechen separatist commander and an active participant of both the First and Second Chechen Wars.
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Kizlyar–Pervomayskoye hostage crisis
The Kizlyar–Pervomayskoye hostage crisis, also known in Russia as the terrorist act in Kizlyar (Теракт в Кизляре), occurred in January 1996 during the First Chechen War. What began as a raid by Chechen separatist forces led by Salman Raduyev against a federal military airbase near Kizlyar, Dagestan, became a hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians, most of whom were quickly released.
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Kyiv
Kyiv (also Kiev) is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine.
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The Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (Latvian SSR), also known as Soviet Latvia or simply Latvia, was de facto one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union between 1940–1941 and 1944–1990.
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LGBT movements
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) movements are social movements that advocate for LGBT people in society.
Light infantry
Light infantry refers to certain types of lightly equipped infantry throughout history.
List of equipment of the National Guard of Russia
The National Guard of Russia are equipped with weapons and military equipment of Soviet and Russian production. OMON and List of equipment of the National Guard of Russia are national Guard of Russia.
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Long-range acoustic device
A long-range acoustic device (LRAD), acoustic hailing device (AHD) or sound cannon is a specialized loudspeaker that produces sound at high power for communicating at a distance.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Makarov pistol
The Makarov pistol or PM (t) is a Soviet semi-automatic pistol.
Memorial (society)
Memorial (p) is an international human rights organisation, founded in Russia during the fall of the Soviet Union to study and examine the human rights violations and other crimes committed under Joseph Stalin's reign.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991.
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Military
A military, also known collectively as an armed forces, are a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare.
Military beret
Troops began wearing berets as a part of the headgear of military uniforms in some European countries during the 19th century; since the mid-20th century, they have become a component of the uniforms of many armed forces throughout the world.
Militia
A militia is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional or part-time soldiers; citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel; or, historically, to members of a warrior-nobility class (e.g.
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Militsiya
Militsiya (mʲɪˈlʲitsɨjə) were the police forces in the Soviet Union until 1991, in several Eastern Bloc countries (1945–1992), and in the non-aligned SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992).
Ministry of home affairs
The ministry of home affairs (also called ministry of internal affairs or ministry of interior) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement.
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Ministry of Internal Affairs (Moldova)
The Ministry of Internal Affairs is one of the fourteen ministries of the Government of Moldova.
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Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (MVD; Министерство внутреннихдел, Ministerstvo vnutrennikh del) is the interior ministry of Russia.
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Ministry of Internal Affairs (Tajikistan)
The Ministry of Internal Affairs, also called the Ministry of the Interior, abbreviated VKD, is the interior ministry of the government of Tajikistan.
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Minsk
Minsk (Мінск,; Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers.
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Moscow
Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.
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Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast (Moskovskaya oblast,, informally known as label) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast).
MP-443 Grach
The MP-443 Grach (lit) or "PYa", for "Pistolet Yarygina ("Yarygin Pistol"), following traditional Russian naming procedure (Пистолет Ярыгина), is currently the Russian standard military-issue side arm.
Munich massacre
The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian militant organization Black September.
Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) was an autonomous oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic that was created on July 7, 1923.
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National Guard Forces Command
The National Guard Forces Command of the Russian Federation (translit) is the operational gendarmerie component of the National Guard of Russia, created through a presidential decree on April 5, 2016. OMON and National Guard Forces Command are national Guard of Russia.
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National Guard of Russia
The National Guard of the Russian Federation (translit), officially known as the (lit),Official website.
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National Police of Ukraine
The National Police of Ukraine (translit,;, NPU), often simply referred to as the (label), is the national, and only, police service of Ukraine.
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National Security Committee (Kazakhstan)
The National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan (NSC,;, КНБ) is an intelligence agency in Kazakhstan founded on 13 July 1992.
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Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod is the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and the Volga Federal District in Russia.
Non-lethal weapon
Non-lethal weapons, also called nonlethal weapons, less-lethal weapons, less-than-lethal weapons, non-deadly weapons, compliance weapons, or pain-inducing weapons are weapons intended to be less likely to kill a living target than conventional weapons such as knives and firearms with live ammunition.
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North Caucasus
The North Caucasus, or Ciscaucasia, is a region in Europe governed by Russia.
Novaya Gazeta
(p) is an independent Russian newspaper.
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and the Siberian Federal District in Russia.
Novye Aldi massacre
The Novye Aldi massacre was the mass murder of Chechen civilians on February 5, 2000, in which Russian forces went on a cleansing operation (zachistka) summarily executing dozens of civilians.
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Oblast
An oblast (plural oblasts, oblasti, or rarely oblasty; Russian and oblast'; voblasc'; oblast; oblys; oblus) is a type of administrative division in Bulgaria and several post-Soviet states, including Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
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October Square, Minsk
October Square (Кастрычніцкая плошча) is a square in the center of Minsk, Belarus, which is located between Independence Avenue, Engels streets and International Street.
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OMON (Belarus)
OMON (translit) or AMAP (translit) is a Belarusian law enforcement force under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus (MUS).
Operation Ring
Operation Ring (translit; «Օղակ» գործողություն, Oghak gortsoghut'yun), known in Azerbaijan as Operation Chaykand (Çaykənd əməliyyatı) was the codename for the May 1991 military operation conducted by the Soviet Army, Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) of the USSR and OMON units of the Azerbaijan SSR in the Khanlar and Shahumyan districts of the Azerbaijani SSR, the Shusha, Martakert and Hadrut districts of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, and along the eastern border of the Armenian SSR in the districts of Goris, Noyemberyan, Ijevan and Shamshadin.
Osa (handgun)
The PB-4 Osa (ПБ-4 «ОСА», "wasp"), is a family of Russian non-lethal pistols that can be also used as a flare gun, a flashbang gun, or a starting pistol.
Pamiris
The Pamiris are an Eastern Iranian ethnic group, native to Central Asia, living primarily in Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan), Afghanistan (Badakhshan), Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan) and China (Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County).
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Paramilitary
A paramilitary is a military that is not part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces.
Partisan (military)
A partisan is a member of a domestic irregular military force formed to oppose control of an area by a foreign power or by an army of occupation by some kind of insurgent activity.
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Patrol
A patrol is commonly a group of personnel, such as law enforcement officers, military personnel, or security personnel, that are assigned to monitor or secure a specific geographic area.
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People's Daily
The People's Daily is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Pepper spray
Pepper spray, oleoresin capsicum spray, OC spray, capsaicin spray, or capsicum spray is a lachrymator (tear gas) product containing the compound capsaicin as the active ingredient that irritates the eyes to cause burning and pain sensations, as well as temporary blindness.
Perm, Russia
Perm (Пермь,; Перем; Перым), previously known as Yagoshikha (label; 1723–1781) and Molotov (label; 1940–1957), is the administrative centre of Perm Krai in the European part of Russia.
PK machine gun
The PK (Пулемёт Калашникова, transliterated as Pulemyot Kalashnikova, or "Kalashnikov's machine gun") is a belt-fed general-purpose machine gun, chambered for the 7.62×54mmR rimmed cartridge.
Podolsk
Podolsk (p) is an industrial city, center of Podolsk Urban Okrug, Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Pakhra River (a tributary of the Moskva River).
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Police brutality
Police brutality is the excessive and unwarranted use of force by law enforcement against an individual or a group.
Police of Russia
The Police of Russia is the national law enforcement agency of Russia, operating under the Ministry of Internal Affairs from.
Police tactical unit
A police tactical unit (PTU) is a specialized police unit trained and equipped to handle situations that are beyond the capabilities of ordinary law enforcement units because of the level of violence (or risk of violence) involved. OMON and police tactical unit are law enforcement units.
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Polish Press Agency
The Polish Press Agency (Polska Agencja Prasowa, PAP) is Poland's national news agency, producing and distributing political, economic, social, and cultural news as well as events information.
See OMON and Polish Press Agency
Political demonstration
A political demonstration is an action by a mass group or collection of groups of people in favor of a political or other cause or people partaking in a protest against a cause of concern; it often consists of walking in a mass march formation and either beginning with or meeting at a designated endpoint, or rally, in order to hear speakers.
See OMON and Political demonstration
Post-Soviet states
The post-Soviet states, also referred to as the former Soviet Union (FSU) or the former Soviet republics, are the independent sovereign states that emerged/re-emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
See OMON and Post-Soviet states
PP-19 Bizon
The PP-19 Bizon (Пистолет Пулемёт Бизон, Pistolet Pulemyot Bizon, Pistol Submachine Gun "Bison") is a 9×18mm Makarov submachine gun developed in 1993 by the Russian company Izhmash.
Prima (news agency)
Prima (also: The Moscow Human Rights News Agency) was a news agency in Moscow, Russia which distributed human rights-related news in both English and Russian.
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Prosecutor General of Ukraine
The prosecutor general of Ukraine (also procurator general of Ukraine, translit) heads the system of official prosecution in courts known as the Office of the Prosecutor General (translit).
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is an American government-funded international media organization that broadcasts and reports news, information, and analyses to Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East.
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Rahmon Nabiyev
Rahmon Nabiyevich Nabiyev, also spelled Rakhmon Nabiev (Раҳмон Набиев; Рахмон Набиевич Набиев; 5 October 1930 – 11 April 1993), was a Tajik politician who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Tajikistan from 1982 to 1985 and twice as the 2nd President of Tajikistan from 23 September 1991 to 6 October 1991 and from 2 December 1991 to 7 September 1992.
Ramzan Kadyrov
Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov (born 5 October 1976) is a Russian politician and current Head of the Chechen Republic.
Riga
Riga is the capital, the primate, and the largest city of Latvia, as well as one of the most populous cities in the Baltic States.
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Riga District
Riga District (Rīgas rajons) was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Semigallia and Vidzeme regions, in the centre of the country.
Riot police
Riot police are police who are organized, deployed, trained or equipped to confront crowds, protests or riots. OMON and riot police are law enforcement units.
Riot protection helmet
A riot protection helmet or riot helmet is a type of helmet designed for law enforcement and military use to protect the wearer's head, face and eyes from handheld melee weapons, and thrown projectiles such as bricks, as may be met in riot control.
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Riot shield
A riot shield is a lightweight protection device, typically deployed by police and some military organizations, though also utilized by protestors.
Rocket-propelled grenade
A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) is a shoulder-fired rocket weapon that launches rockets equipped with an explosive warhead.
See OMON and Rocket-propelled grenade
Rubber bullet
Rubber bullets (also called rubber baton rounds) are a type of baton round.
Russian Ground Forces
The Russian Ground Forces, also known as the Russian Army in English, are the land forces of the Russian Armed Forces.
See OMON and Russian Ground Forces
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which started in 2014.
See OMON and Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russian Naval Infantry
The Russian Naval Infantry, often referred to as Russian Marines in the West, operate as the naval infantry of the Russian Navy.
See OMON and Russian Naval Infantry
Russian police reform
Russian police reform (Закон о Полиции, Zakon o Politsii; Law on Police) is a reform initiated by then President Dmitry Medvedev to improve the efficiency of Russia's police forces, decrease corruption and improve the public image of law enforcement among other goals.
See OMON and Russian police reform
Russian State (1918–1920)
The Russian State was a White Army anti-Bolshevik state proclaimed by the Act of the Ufa State Conference of September 23, 1918 (the Constitution of the Provisional All-Russian Government), “On the formation of the all-Russian supreme power” in the name of “restoring state unity and independence of Russia” affected by the revolutionary events of 1917, the October Revolution and the signing of the treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany.
See OMON and Russian State (1918–1920)
Russo-Georgian War
The 2008 Russo-Georgian WarThe war is known by a variety of other names, including Five-Day War, August War and Russian invasion of Georgia.
See OMON and Russo-Georgian War
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.
Salman Raduyev
Salman Betyrovich Raduyev (or Raduev; Салма́н Бетырович Раду́ев; February 13, 1967 – December 14, 2002) was a Chechen separatist field commander, from 1994 to 1999, who masterminded and was responsible for the Kizlyar hostage taking raid.
Samashki
Samashki (Самашки; language Semajaşka) is a rural locality (a selo) in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya.
Samashki massacre
The Samashki massacre (Резня в Самашках) was the mass murder of Chechen civilians by Russian Forces in April 1995 during the First Chechen War.
See OMON and Samashki massacre
Second Chechen War
The Second Chechen War is also known as the Second Chechen Campaign (Втора́я чече́нская кампа́ния) or the Second Russian Invasion of Chechnya from the Chechen insurgents' point of view.
See OMON and Second Chechen War
Sergei Babin
Sergei Babin is a former Russian police officer who had served in the OMON (special police) detachment sent from Saint Petersburg and is an accused war criminal.
Sergey Lapin (police officer)
Sergei (Sergey) Lapin, also known by his radio communications call sign Kadet ("Cadet"), is a former Russian police officer who had served in Grozny, Chechnya as a Lieutenant in the OMON (special police detachment) from the Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug.
See OMON and Sergey Lapin (police officer)
Sergiyev Posad
Sergiyev Posad (p) is a city that is the administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia.
Shakhid Baysayev
Shakhid Raduyevich Baysayev (Шахид Радуевич Байсаев; 1939–2000) was a Chechen civilian who was forcibly disappeared (and presumably summarily executed) after being detained by Russian special police forces on the outskirts of Grozny, Chechnya on 2 March 2000.
Shchyolkovo
Shchyolkovo (p) is a city and the administrative center of Shchyolkovsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River (Oka's tributary), northeast of Moscow.
SOBR
The Special Rapid Response Unit or SOBR ('Special Unit of Quick Response'), from 2002 to 2011 known as OMSN (Otryad Militsii Spetsial'nogo Naznacheniya, Special Police Unit), is a spetsnaz unit of the National Guard of Russia (Rosgvardiya). OMON and SOBR are national Guard of Russia and special forces of Russia.
See OMON and SOBR
South Ossetia
South Ossetia, officially the Republic of South Ossetia–State of Alania, is a partially recognised landlocked state in the South Caucasus.
South Ossetia war (1991–1992)
The 1991–1992 South Ossetia War (also known as the First South Ossetia War) was fought between Georgian government forces and ethnic Georgian militias on one side and the forces of South Ossetian separatists and Russia on the other.
See OMON and South Ossetia war (1991–1992)
Soviet Army
The Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union (Sovetskiye sukhoputnye voyska) was the land warfare service branch of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1946 to 1992.
Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts
Several Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts occurred after Lithuania declared its independence from the Soviet Union on 11 March 1990.
See OMON and Soviet OMON assaults on Lithuanian border posts
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
Soviet–Afghan War
The Soviet–Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Soviet-controlled Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) from 1979 to 1989. The war was a major conflict of the Cold War as it saw extensive fighting between Soviet Union, the DRA and allied paramilitary groups against the Afghan mujahideen and their allied foreign fighters.
See OMON and Soviet–Afghan War
Special Corps of Gendarmes
The Separate Corps of Gendarmes (Отдельный корпус жандармов) was the uniformed security police of the Imperial Russian Army in the Russian Empire during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Special forces
Special forces or special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations.
Special police
Special police usually describes a police force or unit within a such an agency whose duties and responsibilities are significantly different from other forces in the same country or from other personnel within the same agency, although there is no consistent international definition. OMON and Special police are law enforcement units.
Special Police Forces (Ukraine)
The Special Police Forces (translit) is a Ukrainian volunteer corps of law enforcement units, part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
See OMON and Special Police Forces (Ukraine)
Special Purpose Police Unit
The Special Purpose Police Unit (Xüsusi Təyinatlı Polis Dəstəsi (XTPD); Отряд милиции особого назначения, OMON) or OPON (Otrjad Policiji Osobovo Naznačenija) was a special forces detachment unit within the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan in the early 1990s formed during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
See OMON and Special Purpose Police Unit
Spetsnaz
SpetsnazThe term is borrowed from p; abbreviation for or 'Special Purpose Military Units'; or are special forces in many post-Soviet states. OMON and Spetsnaz are special forces of Russia.
Spetsnaz GRU
Spetsnaz GRU, formally known as Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, is the special forces (spetsnaz) of the GRU, the foreign military intelligence agency of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. OMON and Spetsnaz GRU are special forces of Russia.
Sponge grenade
A sponge grenade is a riot control weapon, intended to be non-lethal, which is fired from a 40 mm grenade launcher to cause confusion, or otherwise temporarily disable its target.
Stavropol
Stavropol (Ставрополь), known as Voroshilovsk from 1935 until 1943, is a city and the administrative centre of Stavropol Krai, in southern Russia.
Stechkin automatic pistol
The Stechkin or APS (Avtomaticheskiy Pistolet Stechkina.
See OMON and Stechkin automatic pistol
Stun grenade
A stun grenade, also known as a flash grenade, flashbang, thunderflash, or sound bomb, is a non-lethal explosive device used to temporarily disorient an enemy's senses.
Summary execution
In civil and military jurisprudence, summary execution is the putting to death of a person accused of a crime without the benefit of a free and fair trial.
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Supreme Soviet of Russia
The Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR (Верховный Совет РСФСР, Verkhovny Sovet RSFSR), later Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation (Верховный Совет Российской Федерации, Verkhovny Sovet Rossiyskoy Federatsii), was the supreme government institution of the Russian SFSR in 1938–1990; in 1990–1993 it was a permanent legislature (parliament), elected by the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation.
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SVD (rifle)
The SVD (СВД; translit), GRAU index 6V1, is a semi-automatic designated marksman rifle/sniper rifle chambered in the 7.62×54mmR cartridge, developed in the Soviet Union.
Tajikistani Civil War
The Tajikistani Civil War, also known as the Tajik Civil War, began in May 1992 and ended in June 1997.
See OMON and Tajikistani Civil War
Tambov
Tambov (p) is a city and the administrative center of Tambov Oblast, central Russia, at the confluence of the Tsna and Studenents rivers, about south-southeast of Moscow. With a population of 261,803 as of 2021, Tambov is the largest city, and historical center, of the Tambov Oblast as a whole.
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Tear gas
Tear gas, also known as a lachrymatory agent or lachrymator, sometimes colloquially known as "mace" after the early commercial self-defense spray, is a chemical weapon that stimulates the nerves of the lacrimal gland in the eye to produce tears.
The Barricades
The Barricades (Barikādes) were a series of confrontations between the Republic of Latvia and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in January 1991 which took place mainly in Riga.
The eXile
The eXile was a Moscow-based English-language biweekly free tabloid newspaper, aimed at the city's expatriate community, which combined outrageous, sometimes satirical, content with investigative reporting.
The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
The Independent
The Independent is a British online newspaper.
The Moscow Times
The Moscow Times is an independent English-language and Russian-language online newspaper.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The St. Petersburg Times (Russia)
The St.
See OMON and The St. Petersburg Times (Russia)
The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category.
The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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Tiger stripe camouflage
Tiger stripe is the name of a group of camouflage patterns developed for close-range use in dense jungle during jungle warfare by the South Vietnamese Armed Forces and adopted in late 1962 to early 1963 by US Special Forces during the Vietnam War.
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Tigr (military vehicle)
The Tigr (lit) is a Russian 4×4 multipurpose all-terrain infantry mobility vehicle manufactured by Military Industrial Company, first delivered to the Russian Army in 2006.
See OMON and Tigr (military vehicle)
Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
Transnistria
Transnistria, officially known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (PMR), is a breakaway state internationally recognized as part of Moldova.
Transnistria War
The Transnistrian War (Războiul din Transnistria; translit) was an armed conflict that broke out on 2 November 1990 in Dubăsari (translit) between pro-Transnistria (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, PMR) forces, including the Transnistrian Republican Guard, militia and neo-Cossack units, which were supported by elements of the Russian 14th Army, and pro-Moldovan forces, including Moldovan troops and police.
Transport hub
A transport hub is a place where passengers and cargo are exchanged between vehicles and/or between transport modes.
Tskhinvali
Tskhinvali (ცხინვალი) or Tskhinval (Cxinval, Čreba,; r) is the capital of the disputed de facto independent Republic of South Ossetia, internationally considered part of Shida Kartli, Georgia (except by the Russian Federation and four other UN member states).
UAZ-469
The UAZ-469 is an off-road military light utility vehicle manufactured by UAZ since 1971.
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United Tajik Opposition
The United Tajik Opposition (UTO) was an alliance of democratic, nationalist and Islamist forces that officially banded together in 1993, after the most violent phase of the Tajik Civil War.
See OMON and United Tajik Opposition
Ural-4320
The Ural-4320 is a general purpose off-road 6×6 vehicle, produced at the Ural Automotive Plant in Miass, Russia for use by the Russian army.
Vilnius
Vilnius, previously known in English as Vilna, is the capital of and largest city in Lithuania and the second-most-populous city in the Baltic states.
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Vladimir Antyufeyev
Vladimir Yuryevich Antyufeyev (Владимир Юрьевич Антюфеев; born 19 February 1951), also known under the assumed name Vadim Shevtsov or Vladimir Shevtsov is a politician and former OMON officer who was one of the organizers in attempt to overthrow the Latvian government in 1991.
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Water cannon
A water cannon is a device that shoots a high-velocity stream of water.
YouTube
YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.
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Yury Luzhkov
Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov (p; 21 September 1936 – 10 December 2019) was a Russian politician who served as mayor of Moscow from 1992 to 2010.
Zachistka
Zachistka (зачистка, cleansing operation) is a Russian military term for "mopping-up" operations to cleanse a territory from enemy military forces or civilians.
ZIL-130
The ZIL-130 is a Soviet/Russian truck produced by ZIL in Moscow, Russia.
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Zubr (special police force)
The Zubr Special Purpose Police Detachment (is Russian for Bison, particularly the European bison) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia was created in February 2006 on the basis of the OMON GUVD in the Moscow Region that existed since 1988. OMON and Zubr (special police force) are special forces of Russia and Specialist law enforcement agencies of Russia.
See OMON and Zubr (special police force)
Zviad Gamsakhurdia
Zviad Konstantines dze Gamsakhurdia (ზვიად კონსტანტინეს ძე გამსახურდია; Zviad Konstantinovich Gamsakhurdiya; 31 March 1939 – 31 December 1993) was a Georgian politician, human rights activist, dissident, professor of English language studies and American literature at Tbilisi State University, and writer who became the first democratically-elected President of Georgia in May 1991.
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1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad and officially branded as Munich 1972 (München 1972), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972.
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1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (Letnije Olimpijskije igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (Igry XXII Olimpiady) and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (Москва 1980), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russia.
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1993 Russian constitutional crisis
In September and October 1993, a constitutional crisis arose in the Russian Federation from a conflict between the then Russian president Boris Yeltsin and the country's parliament.
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1999 Grozny refugee convoy shooting
The Grozny refugee convoy shooting occurred on 3 December 1999, when at least 40 people fleeing the besieged Chechen capital Grozny were reportedly killed by Russian special police units, OMON.
See OMON and 1999 Grozny refugee convoy shooting
2000 Zhani-Vedeno ambush
The 2000 Zhani-Vedeno ambush took place on March 29, 2000, when a mechanized column of Russian Military Police troops was ambushed in the southern Vedensky District of Chechnya.
See OMON and 2000 Zhani-Vedeno ambush
2002 Grozny OMON ambush
The 2002 Grozny OMON ambush occurred on April 18, 2002, when Chechen insurgents killed about 8 and wounded two republican OMON special police officers.
See OMON and 2002 Grozny OMON ambush
9A-91
The 9A-91 is a compact assault rifle currently in use with Russian police forces.
See OMON and 9A-91
See also
Counterinsurgency organizations
- Barbouzes
- Defense of the Revolution
- Hêzên Komandos
- National Defence Forces
- National Guard of Ukraine
- OMON
- Popular Mobilization Forces
- Takuba Task Force
Law enforcement units
- Alpha Group
- Auxiliary police
- Central Orsha-Khingan Red Banner National Guard District
- Commercial vehicle inspection
- Company police
- Constabulary
- Counter Terrorism Centre
- Counter-Terrorist Unit (Serbia)
- County detective
- County police
- Death squad
- Death squads in El Salvador
- Emergency response unit
- Field force
- Fire police
- Highway patrol
- Islamic religious police
- Law enforcement agency
- List of mounted police units
- Major case squad
- Ministry of National Guard
- Mounted police
- Municipal Integrated Emergency Response Team
- Municipal police
- OMON
- Ordningsvakt
- Park police
- Police tactical unit
- Postal police
- Private police
- RADA Special Deterrence Forces
- Railroad police
- Regional police
- Religious police
- Riot police
- Saudi Royal Guard Regiment
- Secret police
- Security police
- Serious Crimes Unit
- Special police
- State police
- Task forces
- Territorial police force
- Transit police
- Vice squads
Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union)
- Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan
- Central Orsha-Khingan Red Banner National Guard District
- Internal troops
- MVD Academy of Kyrgyzstan
- Main Directorate for Public Order Maintenance
- Main Directorate for Traffic Safety
- Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union)
- Ministry of the Interior Academy of the Republic of Belarus
- OMON
- Police Band Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia
- Separate Operational Purpose Division
- Vityaz (MVD)
National Guard of Russia
- 2023 Belgorod Oblast incursions
- 604th Special Purpose Center
- Awards of the National Guard of the Russian Federation
- Federal State Unitary Enterprise Guard (Russia)
- List of equipment of the National Guard of Russia
- Military Band Service of the National Guard of Russia
- Moscow National Guard Presidential Cadets School
- National Guard Day (Russia)
- National Guard Forces Command
- National Guard Naval Service Corps
- National Guard of Russia
- OMON
- Rosgvardia Academic Song and Dance Ensemble
- SOBR
Special forces of Russia
- 604th Special Purpose Center
- Alpha Group
- Hatsavita Mountain Warfare Training Centre
- OMON
- Rus (special forces)
- Russian Special Forces University
- Russian commando frogmen
- SOBR
- Saturn (detachment)
- Special Battalions Vostok and Zapad
- Special Operations Forces (Russia)
- Spetsnaz
- Spetsnaz GRU
- Vityaz (MVD)
- Vympel
- Zubr (special police force)
Specialist law enforcement agencies of Russia
- Federal Drug Control Service of Russia
- Federal Migration Service
- Main Directorate for Drugs Control
- Main Directorate for Migration Affairs
- Main Directorate for Public Order Maintenance
- Main Directorate for Traffic Safety
- OMON
- Zubr (special police force)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMON
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