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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Transnistria () also known as the Ministry of the Interior is an official government agency of the partially recognized
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic Transnistria, officially known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and locally as Pridnestrovie, is a landlocked breakaway state internationally recognized as part of Moldova. It controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dni ...
. It is the executive body in implementing defense policies in of the
Armed Forces of Transnistria The Armed Forces of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic; ; are the military forces of Transnistria, a self-proclaimed and internationally International recognition of Transnistria, unrecognized breakaway state located within the internationa ...
. It is the successor to the Soviet Department of Internal Affairs
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (PMSSR), also commonly known as Soviet Transnistria or simply as Transnistria, was created on the eastern periphery of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (MSSR) in 1990 by pro-Soviet s ...
(PMSSR) The current Minister of Internal Affairs is Major General Vitaly Neagu.


History of the ministry

On March 5, 1991, the Government of the PMSSR approved the creation of a Department of Internal Affairs of the PMSSR. Between September and December 1991, Transnistrian cities began to establish local police departments that are affiliated to the national agency. By decree of the Supreme Council of the newly formed
Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic Transnistria, officially known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and locally as Pridnestrovie, is a landlocked breakaway state internationally recognized as part of Moldova. It controls most of the narrow strip of land between the Dni ...
on September 8, 1992, a new structure of the state administration bodies was approved, including the renaming of the Department of Internal Affairs to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the PMR. Initially, the ministry's headquarters staff was only made up of 18 units.


Structure

The ministry is divided into the following general parts: *Criminal Police – The main task of which is the suppression and disclosure of crimes, as well as the search for hiding or missing persons; *Public Security Police – Provides public order protection, personal and public safety, preventive measures for the prevention and suppression of crimes, as well as administrative offenses, the disclosure of crimes and includes a unit of district police inspectors, patrol - guards, road patrol services, inspections for juvenile affairs and administrative units. *Special Police – Consisting of the state service of private security, the traffic police, registration and examination units and special educational institutions; The structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is also supplemented by: * General Directorate for Emergency Situations ** Staff *** Analytics Division ** Press Service ** Fire Service ** Civil Defense Department * Dniester Independent Special Purpose Brigade * Office for Migration of * Department of State Automobile Inspection * Territorial Divisions * Private Security Forces


Entities within the MVD


Educational Institutions

* Kutuzov Tiraspol Juridical Institute * Grigory Potemkin Republican Cadet Corps * Makarenko Republican Educational Complex


Tiraspol Juridical Institute

The Tiraspol Juridical Institute, also known as the Tiraspol Law College is the higher educational institution of the MVD, akin from the Lebed Military Institute. In the early 90s, with the
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, specialized educational institutions for training personnel for law enforcement agencies became part of the educational system of the newly formed republic. It was founded on 1 March 1993, with the prehistory dating back to December 1991, when a training center was organized at the Tiraspol Municipal Department of Internal Affairs. In May 2009, it was named after
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The institute has the following structure: * Educational Department * Service and combat training units * Logistics Department * Special library * Shared library * Editorial-publishing department * Chancellery * Press Service * Human Resources Department * Financial and Economic Department * Security Mode Service


Grigory Potemkin Republican Cadet Corps

The Grigory Potemkin Republican Cadet Corps is a specialized institution for the preparation of minors for professional service in all internal affairs bodies. On 9 July 2002, by a joint order of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, on the basis of the former Railway Boarding School, a Republican boarding school with a sports profile and a cadet department was established in Bender, being named after
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. The first 33 pupils were enrolled in the institution on 23 July. During the entire month of August, cadets were enrolled in the Tiraspol Law College for summer training camps. In September 2002, the cadets began their studies at the school. On 2 September 2003, cadets of the corps opened the
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of the troops of the Tiraspol Garrison on
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. On 21 February 2004, cadets took part in a military sports festival dedicated to
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. On 12 April 2004, they also took part in a concert dedicated to the 6th anniversary of the liberation of Tiraspol from the
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. In early 2015, it was renamed to the Republican Suvorov Military School named after
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. Two years later, in the fall of 2017, it was given its current name, honoring Prince
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, an
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military leader who died in what is now Moldova during negotiations over the
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. Since its foundation, over 300 people have become school graduates of the school.


MVD Museum

On the eve of the 90th anniversary of the Soviet police and the 16th anniversary of the formation of the Transnistrian police, on 9 November 2007, the Central Museum of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was opened at the Tiraspol Law Institute. More than 4 thousand different exhibits are located in five halls located in the building. A collection of firearms was donated to the museum by President Igor Smirnov. Among the 15 exhibits are cars and motorcycles of the State Traffic Inspectorate and some of the first vehicles of fire brigades of the
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. In 2009, the museum was visited by
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(a claimant to the headship of the imperial family of Russia), who was visiting on a
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at the invitation of the leadership of the republic.


MVD Band

The Band of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Transnistria (), also known as the MVD Band () is the musical ensemble of the Transnistria Ministry of Internal Affairs. Founded in June 1993, the band performs at various official community events. Since its establishment, the band has been headed by Lieutenant Colonel Valentin Memey.


List of ministers

The following is a list of ministers of internal affairs of Transnistria from 1991–Present: * Major General Yuri Grosul (May 6, 1991 – July 1992) * Lieutenant General Yuri Ovsyannikov (July 1992 – April 1994) * Colonel Ivan Fuchedzi (April 1994 – February 1997) * Major General Sergei Petrov (February 1997 – July 1998) * Colonel Vladimir Kurisko (July 1998 – February 2002) * Major General Alexander Korolev (February 2002 – December 2006) * Major General
Vadim Krasnoselsky Vadim Nikolayevich Krasnoselsky (; ; born 14 April 1970) is a Transnistrian politician who is the 3rd and current President of Transnistria. Previously, he served as a member of the Supreme Council of Transnistria from the 7th district, as 6th ...
(December 2006 – February 2012) * Major General Sergei Monul (February 2012 – November 2013) * Major General Gennady Kuzmichev (November 2013 – December 2015) * Major General Stanislav Romanyuk (December 2015 – December 2016) * Major General Ruslan Mova (December 2016 – July 2021) *Major General Vitaly Neagu (July 2021 – present)


See also

*
Armed Forces of Transnistria The Armed Forces of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic; ; are the military forces of Transnistria, a self-proclaimed and internationally International recognition of Transnistria, unrecognized breakaway state located within the internationa ...
* Ministry of Defence of Transnistria


References

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External links


MVD PMR

Oркестр Министерства Внутренних Дел

The cadet school
Transnistria Transnistria, officially known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and locally as Pridnestrovie, is a Landlocked country, landlocked Transnistria conflict#International recognition of Transnistria, breakaway state internationally recogn ...
Military of Transnistria 1991 establishments in Moldova Government of Transnistria