Special Purpose Police Units (OMON)

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law_enforcement
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:OMON
gptkbp:country gptkb:Armenia
gptkb:Azerbaijan
gptkb:Belarus
gptkb:Estonia
gptkb:Georgia
gptkb:Kazakhstan
gptkb:Kyrgyzstan
gptkb:Latvia
gptkb:Lithuania
gptkb:Moldova
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:Tajikistan
gptkb:Turkmenistan
gptkb:Ukraine
gptkb:Uzbekistan
gptkb:Chechnya
gptkb:Transnistria
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:Ukraine
gptkb:Baltic_States
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:shield
shooting
firearms
riot shield
gptkbp:established October 3, 1988
gptkbp:full_name_(Russian) gptkb:Otryad_Mobilny_Osobogo_Naznacheniya
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Special Purpose Police Units (OMON)
gptkbp:motto Nobody but us
gptkbp:notable_for human rights abuses
controversial tactics
crackdown on protests
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Vladimir_Pronin
gptkb:Vyacheslav_Kharitonov
gptkb:Vyacheslav_Kolesnikov
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:First_Chechen_War
gptkb:Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis
gptkb:Beslan_school_siege
gptkb:Second_Chechen_War
protest suppression
gptkbp:originally_formed_in gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:parent_organization_(current,_Russia) gptkb:National_Guard_of_Russia
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Soviet_Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_(MVD)
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_(MVD)
gptkb:National_Guard_of_Russia
gptkbp:role counter-terrorism
crowd control
special operations
riot control
public order maintenance
anti-crime operations
gptkbp:successor_in_Russia Rosgvardiya (National Guard of Russia)
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Special_Purpose_Mobile_Unit
gptkbp:uniform camouflage
black beret
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Russian_Police
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6