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Russian Military Police
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Military Police (Russia).
Russian Federation
In early February 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law the Law on Military Police, the State Duma adopted on 24 January and approved by the Federation Council on 29 January. During consideration of the bill in the lower house of the parliament, presidential envoy to the State Duma Garry Minkh explained that military police has already been created and running, but its activities are governed by departmental orders. President's initiative is aimed at strengthening the legal framework of the force. On 27 March 2015, Russian President approved the Official Charter of the military police of the Russian Federation. Russian military police were deployed to Syria in December 2016 and February 2017 to help Syrian government to maintain the law and order in captured Aleppo and protect Russian military personnel. Four battalions of the Russian military police are carrying out tasks in the Syrian de-escalation zones as of 26 July 2017.