The Police Полиция Politsiya |
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Russian police Emblem
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Russian Police badge
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Motto | Служа России — служу закону! By serving Russia, I serve the law! |
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Agency overview | |||||
Formed | March 1, 2011 | ||||
Preceding agencies | |||||
Employees | 904,871 (2016) | ||||
Annual budget | 2.1 Trillion ruble (until 2014) | ||||
Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency | ||||
Jurisdictional structure | |||||
National agency (Operations jurisdiction) |
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Size | 17,075,400 km2 | ||||
Population | 143,030,106 | ||||
Legal jurisdiction | Federal law "On police" | ||||
Governing body | Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia) | ||||
Constituting instrument | Law "On Police" | ||||
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Operational structure | |||||
Overviewed by | State Duma's Security Committee | ||||
Headquarters | Zhitnaya 6, Okhotny Ryad, Moscow | ||||
appointment by the President of Russia responsible | Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister of Internal Affairs | ||||
Parent agency | MVD | ||||
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Website | |||||
http://eng.mvdrf.ru/ |
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Anniversary | November 10, 1918 |
The police (Russian: полиция, tr. politsiya; IPA: [pɐˈlʲitsɨjə]) is the federal law-enforcement agency in Russia, operating under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It was established in 2011, replacing the militsiya, the former police service. It is the federal police service of Russia operates according to the Law on police (Закон "о полиции"), as approved by the Federal Assembly and subsequently signed into law on February 7, 2011 by the then President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev.
The police force in Saint Petersburg was established as the Main Police on June 7, 1718 by decree from Peter the Great. Anton de Vieira was appointed as the first General Polizmeister.
On January 19, 1722 the Governing Senate established the Moscow Police. The Detective Department was founded in 1866 operating under the Police Department of MVD, and by 1907 similar departments had been created in other major cities of the Russian Empire, including Moscow, Kiev, Riga, Odessa, Tiflis, Baku and Rostov-on-Don. Other districts were policed by rural police or gendarmerie units.