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Nearly 12,000 Russian officers killed, wounded in counter-terrorist operations
Published: 10 June, 2010, 22:52
TAGS: Military, Chechnya, Russia, Terrorism, Prime Time Russia
Russia’s Ministry of Interior has for the first time revealed the extent of its casualties in the North Caucasus.
According to its own estimations, 2,984 officers were killed and another 9,000 wounded since 1988 in combat operations in the North Caucasus, comprising Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan.
The figures relate to Russia’s internal troops subordinate to the Ministry of Interior, whose role is to assist the police during internal conflicts and mass raids within Russia.
Until now, there have been only periodic reports about internal troops’ losses.
The ministry says the chance that drastic figures will go down is slight. In April 2009, the counter-terrorist operation in Chechnya was officially called off but in March 2010, Minister of Interior Rashid Nurgaliev announced that the number of internal troops in the region would not be reduced because the situation still remains “complex” – in 2009, for example, internal troops killed 230 terrorists.
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