Rosgvardiya: A special-purpose force. Point of View2020-05-14.
Journal: Archive of European Integration (AEI) (University of Pittsburgh)
Year: 2020

Rosgvardiya is the largest internal security structure in Russia. It has been assigned independent functions (policing and intervention, critical infrastructure security, oversight of security contractors and private gun owners), and auxiliary functions in support of the other government departments dealing with security, including the Ministry of Defence (participation in combatting non-military threats and in border protection and territorial defence). Widely divergent views have been expresse