History UsefulNotes / SpellOurNameWithAPo

* National Guard, formerly known as the Internal Troops, army-esque gendarmerie units. They are responsible for maintaining order, dealing with mass civil disorders, terrorism, etc. Formerly part of the MVD, now a separate second army of Russia.

** E-Department (Center for Counteracting Extremism). Political SecretPolice, tasked with handling low-profile dissidents (the high-profile ones are handled by the FSB instead).

* E-Department (Center for Counteracting Extremism). Political SecretPolice, tasked with handling low-profile dissidents (the high-profile ones are handled by the FSB instead).

** GIBDD (State Inspection on Traffic Security), and its most well known subdivision DPS (Road Patrol Service). Traffic cops, the guys in charge of the speed traps on roads, hated by all motorists since even a barest trace of alcohol on your breath, resulting from random fermented foods and beverages, will land you in trouble with these guys, and also because the average Russian DrivesLikeCrazy. The non-DPS officers are mostly busy issuing driving licenses. Wear ugly blue uniforms. Also stereotyped as pettily corrupt and liking to collect fines to line their pockets. Also, [[FatBastard fat]].

* Police (Politsiya). The source of the page name, recently renamed back from its Soviet name ''Militsiya''. It is part of the MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs), a federal service which also deals with internal passports and registrations. All police officers have [[UsefulNotes/CommonRanks military-style ranks]] (that are nevertheless not considered true military ranks, unlike in the MoscowCentre, but form a separate chain of command known as Internal Service), from Sergeant all the way to General. Contains the following services:

*** Precinct-based officers are widely stereotyped as [[PoliceAreUseless lazy]], [[CorruptCop corrupt]] and [[PoliceBrutality casually brutal]], because due to the way the police reporting in Russia works officers have little incentives for accepting complaints from population and opening the investigations that have little chance to succeed, but are nevertheless given the percentage quotas of the crimes to solve. Thus is the widespread practice of faking the (easily solvable) crimes and roughing up local hobos (or other people they don't like) into accepting blame for someone's else deeds.
** GIBDD (State Inspection on Traffic Security), and its most well known subdivision DPS (Road Patrol Service). Traffic cops, the guys in charge of the speed traps on roads, hated by all motorists since even a barest trace of alcohol in your breath, resulting from random fermented foods and beverages, will land you in trouble with these guys, and also because the average Russian DrivesLikeCrazy. The non-DPS officers are mostly busy issuing driving licenses. Wear ugly blue uniforms. Also stereotyped as pettily corrupt and liking to collect fines into their own pockets. Also, fat.

** Uchastkovy (Territorial police inspectors). The third most often seen cops in cities (after PPS and DPS), charged with keeping an eye on the population at their homes. In the country, these inspectors are the only police around, tasked with duties not unlike American sheriffs. In the cities they are again based in precincts, which are divided into zones of responsibility for several of these officers. Are generally supposed to know all troublemakers in their beats, and often have large informant networks. Less frequently stereotyped as corrupt, but more often as [[PoliceAreUseless lazy and inefficient]].
* SK (Investigations Committee), which is like FBI but Russian. This is, unlike the previous ones, a separate federal service.

* [[UsefulNotes/MoscowCentre FSB]] is sometimes tasked with handling the most high-profile crimes such as terrorism. [[InterserviceRivalry Hated by the police with a passion]].

** OMON (Special Purpose Mobile Units). Riot police, infamous for suppressing rallies and demonstrations. Wear ugly urban camo uniforms, balaclavas and riot gear. They are also responsible for SWAT detachments (variously known as OMSN and SOBR, depending on the exact period), though it's pretty variable. Often seen in Western newspapers roughing up gay-rights demonstrators, despite [[{{Irony}} having the word "HOMO" written on their backs.]][[note]]It's actually camera-flipped Cyrillic lettering, standing for Отряд мобильный особого назначения, but the serendipity is too damn good.[[/note]]

* Internal Troops, army-esque gendarmerie units whish also belong to the MVD. They are used to assist PPS or as poor man's OMON.

->''Three prizes were awarded for the successes of officers of Traffic Inspection Dept. #18. The third prize is a signed photograph of UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin. The second prize is 100,000 rubles and a holiday in Sochi. The first prize is a portable stop sign.''

* Police (Politsiya). The source of the page name, recently renamed back from its Soviet name ''Militsiya''. It is part of the MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs), a federal service which also deals with internal passports and registrations. All police officers have [[CommonRanks military-style ranks]] (that are nevertheless not considered true military ranks, unlike in the MoscowCentre, but form a separate chain of command known as Internal Service), from Sergeant all the way to General. Contains the following services:

* [[MoscowCentre FSB]] is sometimes tasked with handling the most high-profile crimes such as terrorism. [[InterserviceRivalry Hated by the police with a passion]].

-->''Three prizes were awarded for the successes of officers of Traffic Inspection Dept. #18. The third prize is a signed photograph of UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin. The second prize is 100,000 rubles and a holiday in Sochi. The first prize is a portable stop sign.''
-->-'''Russian joke'''.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A portable stop sign allows the officer to set it up in a hard-to-see place and collect fines - and thus bribes - from hapless motorists.[[/labelnote]]

-->''Three prizes were awarded for the successes of officers of Traffic Inspection Dept. #18. The third prize is a signed photograph of UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin. The second prize is 100 rubles and a holiday in Sochi. The first prize is a portable stop sign.''

[[caption-width-right:205:A senior DPS inspector]]

** PPS (Patrol and Post Service). Beat cops, uniformed police in cities. Stereotyped as extremely stupid and pettily corrupt. Wear ugly gray uniforms, however the Moscow metrocops recently (2013) received snazzy black uniforms. A popular joke virtually unchanged [[OlderThanYouThink from the Soviet times]] goes this:

** OMON (Special Purpose Mobile Units). Riot police, infamous for suppressing rallies and demonstrations. Wear ugly urban camo uniforms, balaclavas and riot gear. They are also responsible for SWAT detachments (variously known as OMSN and SOBR, depending on the exact period), though it's pretty variable.

[[caption-width-right:205:A fat DPS inspector]]

** OMON (Special Purpose Mobile Units). Riot police, infamous for suppressing rallies and demonstrations. Wear ugly urban camo uniforms, balaclavas and riot gear. They are also responsible for SWAT detachments, though it's pretty variable.

** PPS (Patrol and Post Service). Beat cops, uniformed police in cities. Stereotyped as extremely stupid and pettily corrupt. Wear ugly gray uniforms. A popular joke virtually unchanged [[OlderThanYouThink from the Soviet times]] goes this:

* Police (Politsiya). The source of the page name, recently renamed back from its Soviet name ''Militsiya''. It is part of the MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs), a federal service which also deals with internal passports and registrations. All police officers have [[CommonRanks military-style ranks]] (that are nevertheless not considered true military ranks, unlike in the MoscowCentre), from Sergeant all the way to General. Contains the following services:
** PPS (Patrol and Post Service). Beat cops, uniformed police in cities. Stereotyped as extremely stupid and pettily corrupt. Wear ugly gray uniforms.

** GIBDD (State Inspection on Traffic Security), and its most well known subdivision DPS (Road Patrol Service). Traffic cops, the guys in charge of the speed traps on roads, hated by all motorists since even a barest trace of alcohol in your breath, resulting from random fermented foods and beverages, will land you in trouble with these guys, and also because the average Russian DrivesLikeCrazy. The non-DPS officers are mostly busy issuing driving licenses. Wear ugly blue uniforms. Also stereotyped as pettily corrupt and liking to collect fines into their own pockets.
** OMON (Special Purpose Mobile Units). Riot police, infamous for suppressing rallies and demonstrations. Wear ugly urban camo uniforms, balaclavas and riot gear.

** Uchastkovy (Territorial police inspectors). The third most often seen cops in cities (after PPS and DPS), charged with keeping an eye on the population at their homes. In the country, these inspectors are the only police around, tasked with duties not unlike American sheriffs.

* [[MoscowCentre FSB]] is sometimes tasked with handling the most high-profile crimes such as terrorism.[[InterserviceRivalry Hated by the police with a passion]].

** Uchastkovy (Territorial police inspectors). The second most often seen cops in cities, charged with keeping an eye on the population at their homes. In the country, these inspectors are the only police around, tasked with duties not unlike American sheriffs.

** GIBDD (State Inspection on Traffic Security), and its most well known subdivision DPS (Road Patrol Service). Traffic cops, the guys in charge of the speed traps on roads, hated by all motorists since even a barest trace of alcohol in your breath, resulting from random fermented foods and beverages, will land you in trouble with these guys, and also because the average Russian DrivesLikeCrazy. The non-DPS officers are mostly busy issuing driving licenses. Wear ugly blue uniforms.

** GIBDD (State Inspection on Traffic Security), and its most well known subdivision DPS (Road Patrol Service). Traffic cops, the guys in charge of the speed traps on roads, hated by all motorists since even a barest trace of alcohol in your breath, resulting from random fermented foods and beverages, will land you in trouble with these guys. The non-DPS officers are mostly busy issuing driving licenses. Wear ugly blue uniforms.

* Police (Politsiya). The source of the page name, recently renamed back from its Soviet name ''Militsiya''. It is part of the MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs), a federal service which also deals with internal passports and registrations. Contains the following services:

* SK (Investigations Committee), which is like FBI but Russian. This is, unlike the previous ones, a separate federal service.

** OMON (Special Purpose Mobile Units). Riot police, infamous for suppressing rallies and demonstrations.