Other Countries
The term Militsiya is used in the countries of the former Soviet Union, as well as those of the former Eastern Bloc. Its usage, for example, is maintained by the Ukrainian (Ukrainian: мiлiцiя) and Belarusian (Belarusian: мiлíцыя) governments. In the latter, in addition to the Militsiya, law enforcement is also the responsibility of other agencies such as the Presidential Guard and the State Security Committee (KGB), all under the authority of the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The term was also used in countries friendly to the Soviet Union such as Bulgaria (Bulgarian: милиция) and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, although throughout the 1990s, the Yugoslav milicija was slowly phased out and replaced by policija (police). For example, in 2000, a standard Serbian police uniform may have either displayed the word Milicija (Милиција) or Policija (Полиција). Bulgaria changed the name of its law enforcement body to Policija (Bulgarian: полиция) in 1991. In Romania the term was Miliţia or Miliţie, but after the communist regime fell, it was replaced by Poliţia or Poliţie.
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