Draft Plan Expands Local Police Preventive Work

They report that a proposal is being advanced to require local police officers to conduct targeted, individual preventive work with people deemed responsible for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation or for promoting Nazi devices, insignia, or symbols. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia has put forward this draft decree for consideration, signaling a shift in how authorities may intervene at the local level to address perceived threats to national security and public order. The core idea is to broaden the scope of preventive measures managed by the local police to include specific categories of individuals who, in the view of the state, pose risks to societal stability during public life and in official settings. The draft calls for a new paragraph within the existing instruction that governs the performance of service and the organization of activities within the administrative zone overseen by the local police commissar, explicitly listing those subject to preventive work.