Director of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops – Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation, Army General Viktor Zolotov, held an extended meeting of the final board of the Rosgvardiya with the leadership of the department, district commanders, heads of territorial bodies, commanders of military units and formations of the National Guard troops of the Russian Federation, during which the results of the service and combat activities of the Rosgvardiya in 2020 were summed up, as well as the tasks for the current 2021 were clarified.
This year's event was held on the eve of the 210th anniversary of the formation of the law enforcement forces and the 5th anniversary of the formation of the National Guard troops of the Russian Federation.
In his speech, the director of Rosgvardiya noted that in 2016, a military organization was created, including a military and police component. In a short time, a system of military control bodies was formed, the Southern and North Caucasus Districts of the National Guard troops were additionally formed, and a new element appeared in the tactical link for the first time — territorial bodies in the subjects of the Russian Federation.
The departmental aviation was reformed, which made it possible to transfer more than 300 employees who had police ranks to military service. The number of units of licensing and licensing work and extra-departmental security has been strengthened, and special motorized military units have been reorganized. Modernization has affected the educational sphere, and departmental science has received a new impetus for development.
The director of Rosgvardiya noted that in general, the measures taken to optimize the composition and formation of troops affected more than 300 units and organizations. He also focused on the normative work, during which the publication of more than 200 federal and more than 3 thousand departmental acts was ensured.
The Commander-in-Chief particularly noted the powers of the Rosgvardiya to lead a Joint group of Troops to conduct counter-terrorist operations in the North Caucasus region. At the moment, the President of the Russian Federation has developed and approved a Concept for the construction and development of troops for the period up to 2030 and a Plan for the service and combat use of troops until 2025. Work is nearing completion on a plan for the construction and development of troops for the next five years.
In parallel with the participation in ensuring law and order and public safety of guests and participants of the Confederations Cup in 2017 and the FIFA World Cup in 2018, as well as the presidential elections of the Russian Federation, the scope of tasks in the Arctic zone increased. Today, 7 ships with nuclear power plants and nine ports of the Northern Sea Route are under the protection of the non-departmental protection of the Russian Guard. At the same time, Rosgvardiya became a coordinator in the work on the formation of a security system for the energy bridge and the transport crossing through the Kerch Strait. Since July 2020, these tasks have been carried out in full by military personnel and employees of the Rosgvardiya, together with colleagues from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB, and the Ministry of Defense.
The most serious challenge of 2018, Army General Viktor Zolotov called the decision to perform tasks in the Syrian Arab Republic by the forces of a specially created contingent of National Guard troops. To date, on the Syrian soil, the servicemen of the National Guard troops have performed about 10 thousand combat missions to control the situation in this region under the auspices of the military police forces of the Russian Defense Ministry.
Since the creation of Rosgvardiya, 3 important state objects have been taken under protection, and the list of objects subject to mandatory protection by the troops has been expanded to more than 100 objects, including the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, the Novodevichy Monastery, and the Artek International Children's Center. The anti-terrorist protection of fuel and energy complex facilities has increased, and thanks to the prevention of arms trafficking, the number of cases of theft of weapons and the number of crimes committed with them have significantly decreased. In addition, the positive dynamics of increasing the volume and quality of public services provided by Rosgvardiya in electronic form remains.
Evidence of the effectiveness of this work is its assessment by the country's leadership. About 2.5 thousand servicemen and employees of Rosgvardiya, as well as eighteen formations, military units and organizations of the troops were awarded state awards, commendations and certificates of the President of the Russian Federation.
Army General Viktor Zolotov also noted the high level of interagency cooperation. For five years, together with the internal affairs bodies, the troops have ensured the security of more than 1 million mass events. In cooperation with the Federal Security Service of Russia, about 380 operations and activities were carried out. When dealing with the consequences of emergency situations, military personnel and employees of the department came to the aid of colleagues from the Ministry of Emergency Situations 75 times. In addition, in the context of the spread of a new coronavirus infection, close cooperation has developed with colleagues from Rospotrebnazor.
The director of Rosgvardiya expressed special gratitude to the medical staff of Rosgvardiya, thanks to whose work the department managed to pass a relatively stable difficult segment of the pandemic. He also said that now there is an active vaccination of personnel, this issue is being resolved for family members of military personnel and employees of the department.
Increased attention will be paid to improving the mechanisms for controlling the circulation of weapons and the activities of private security organizations and private detectives. In August 2021, a pilot section of the Federal Platform for Arms Control is scheduled to be deployed in four regions — Moscow, Tula, Ivanovo and Yaroslavl regions.
The issues of strengthening discipline and the rule of law, raising the level of the moral and psychological state of the personnel, and increasing efforts in the direction of military-patriotic work will not lose their relevance. So, in 2020, on the initiative of Rosgvardiya, the children's and youth military-patriotic public movement "Guard Shift"was created.
Taking into account the analysis of external threats, as well as the forecast of the state of development of the operational situation, Army General Viktor Zolotov additionally focused on some tasks. This includes participation in ensuring public order and public safety during the European Football Championship in St. Petersburg, events of the All-Russian Population Census, elections of deputies of the State Duma during a Single Voting Day, Army Games, as well as the participation of Rosgvardiya teams in these competitions.
