Soviet/Russian MVD Special Forces
Spetnaz MVD includes numerous Internal Troops (VV) paramilitary units intended for use to combat internal threats to the government, such as insurgencies and mutinies. These units usually have a unique name and official OSN number. The following is a partial list of the former and current VV spetsnaz units: 1st PSN (former 6th OSN) VV Vityaz (stationed in Moscow), 7th OSN VV Rosich (Novocherkassk), 8th OSN VV Rus (Moscow), 12th OSN VV Ratnik (Nizhni Tagil), 15th OSN VV Vyatich (Armavir), 16th OSN VV Skif (Rostov).
Aside from the Internal Troops special forces, the MVD has numerous Politsiya (former Militsiya) police special forces, which are stationed in virtually every Russian city. The majority of Russia's special police officers belong to OMON units, but these are mostly used as riot police and are not considered an elite force, unlike the SOBR (OMSN) rapid-response units that are consisting of experienced officers who are better trained and equipped than those of OMON.
The Chechen Republic has some unique special police formations, supervised by Ramzan Kadyrov and formed from the "Kadyrovtsy", such as the Kadyrov Regiment ("Kadyrov's spetsnaz").
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