Editing Spetsnaz (section)

==== Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) ====
The vast majority of MVD special forces were transferred to the National Guard in 2016.

Previously, the MVD had [[Politsiya]] (police, formerly [[Militsiya]]) special forces stationed in nearly every Russian city. Most of Russia's special-police officers belong to [[OMON]] units, which are primarily used as [[riot police]] and not considered an elite force—unlike the [[SOBR]] (known as the OMSN from 2002 to 2011) rapid-response units consisting of experienced, better-trained and -equipped officers. The Chechen Republic has unique and highly autonomous special-police formations, supervised by [[Ramzan Kadyrov]] (who has served as [[Head of the Chechen Republic]] since 2007) and formed from the [[Kadyrovtsy]], including the (Akhmad or Akhmat) Kadyrov Regiment ("Kadyrov's ''spetsnaz''").

[[File:Interpolitex 2012 (477-12).jpg|thumb|SURPAT wearing OSN "Grom" operator of the Russian [[Federal Drug Control Service]].]]
From 2003 until 2016 The [[Federal Drug Control Service of Russia]] has operated the OSN "Grom", which became part of the [[Police of Russia|Federal Police]] in April 2016, and now is subordinate to the MVD's [[Main Directorate for Drugs Control]].