Deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation are preparing a bill on the right of territorial defense to use small arms
The State Duma of the Russian Federation is working on amendments to the country's legislation that will allow territorial defense units to use combat small arms weapon. Sergei Mironov, head of the Just Russia - For Truth faction, wrote about this on his Telegram channel.
According to the deputy, it was his faction that initiated the development of these amendments. If they are adopted, then the territorial defense fighters will be able to use small arms during firing practice and to participate in counter-terrorist operations, as well as to perform other tasks to ensure the security of the population and infrastructure in the country.
Recall that the issue of the need to arm the territorial defense was updated after the sabotage raids of Ukrainian formations on the territory of the Bryansk and Belgorod regions. After that, the authorities of the regions, politicians and public figures spoke about the importance of having armed territorial defense units in the border areas of the country, which could help the army, the FSB, the National Guard and the police in carrying out the tasks of protecting the border, important infrastructure, public order, in the fight against sabotage groups of the enemy.
Now, in a number of border regions of Russia, territorial defense units have already been formed. In the Belgorod region, their number is estimated, according to open sources, at least three thousand people. However, the main problem remains the lack of such units of their own small arms and other weapons, which becomes a key obstacle to their involvement in the tasks of protecting borders, facilities, searching for and destroying saboteurs, and so on.
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