450,000 Interior Ministry officers to provide order at election – ministry

MOSCOW. Feb 13 (Interfax-AVN) - Some 450,000 officers of the Russian Interior Ministry will guarantee public order at the Russian presidential election.

"Some 450,000 policemen and officers of the Interior Troops will guarantee public order on the day of the election, as well as on the days before," First Deputy Interior Minister Col. Gen. Alexander Chekalin told journalists in Moscow on Wednesday.