Paramilitary security in Russia

Paramilitary security in Russia (Russian: Военизированная охрана) are specialized paramilitary organizations, security units with a special legal status (mainly state-owned), armed with combat small arms and firearms, that protect the country's infrastructure facilities of important state significance, as well as cargo and other property. The nomenclature of property of various types subject to protection by the paramilitary security (lists of infrastructure facilities, names of cargo, etc.) is established by legal acts of various departments (ministries, enterprises, institutions, etc.) and/or state bodies or international treaties. Paramilitary security units may be included in the regular troops or used as auxiliary forces during a war, armed conflict, or counter-terrorism operation.