SOBR

The SOBR (Russian Специальные отряды быстрого реагирования to German about Fast Spezialeingreiftruppe ) is comparable with the Special Operations Command special unit of the Russian Interior Ministry, which was officially disbanded in the wake of restructuring on 16 September 2002 by a decision by Interior Minister Boris Gryzlov. In fact, it has the troops but only in OMSN (Russian отряд милиции специального назначения to German about police special unit ) renamed and placed under the command of regional police forces. In contrast to the OMON unit consists exclusively of experienced police officers of higher rank. Due to the still popular designation as SOBR, in November 2011, a re-naming of the unit.

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Although SOBR units are mainly used for counter-terrorism, the fight against organized crime and national drug trafficking is also one of the range of responsibilities of these elite troops. For this purpose, through the members of an intensive training and have a high-tech equipment and armament.

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SOBR, or OMSN units were used by the Russian government in Chechnya conflict. In addition, the troops were OMSN and OMON with the hostage- taking in Beslan in September 2004 jointly in use.