GROZNY. Oct 18 (Interfax-AVN) - Officials of the Chechen administration and government will soon be given personal firearms, a spokesman for Chechen Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Em's administration said on Thursday.
Arms will also be given to head of the officials of local branches of large state-owned companies and heads of enterprises, the spokesman told Interfax-Military News Agency. A total of 381 firearms, mostly Makarov pistols, will be distributed.
The measure is taken to enhance protection of republican and local administration officials.