In the US news often slip messages about the next successful use of the national guard. Apparently, it is the success of the overseas guards that can explain the fact that Russia can also create its own national guard.
Before we comment on the very fact of such an event, we need to talk about this formation as a whole. So, in the United States, the national guard is actually called the internal troops. Moreover, one should not think that they perform exclusively military functions. On the contrary, they are constantly used to provide assistance to regions affected by natural disasters. They are often used to support firefighters and rescuers. For example, during the infamous summer fires in California, when the situation became critical, it was the guards who helped firefighters curb the elements.
However, the national guard in America can be used for less peaceful purposes. For example, they can be sent to quell riots and uprisings within the country, as well as to help the police, whose forces may not be quite enough. In addition, the guard can be used to destroyterrorists, as well as its connections, often participate in the wars that the United States has waged in recent years.
As you can see, the functions of the guard are very diverse. However, do they not repeat the tasks of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Internal Troops in our country? Yes, they repeat. That is why the Russian National Guard is an obscure and unexplored phenomenon.
Unlike all the same America, where the guard performs a number of tasks, in our country they are going to create an organization accountable only to V. V. Putin. As if our internal troops do not have the task of protecting power in the country! Several experts have already expressed their opinion that another useless power organization is being created in Russia again, which will only demand money for its maintenance.
Do you think that the US National Guard is only concerned with protecting the very vague "public interest"? No, its tasks are clear and transparent … unlike our "guard", which will once again recruit undertrained contractors. What will they do? What will they protect?
There are speculations that the guard may also be involved in disaster relief. But isn't the Ministry of Emergency Situations coping with this? Perhaps this incomprehensible formation will be busy neutralizing terrorists? And why then do we need numerous special forces? But the likelihood that the valiant national guard will be used instead of riot police, suppressing street riots during the next protests, is veryhigh.
In Russia, there were already separate guards military units that covered their name with glory after the Great Patriotic War. However, after the "reforms" initiated by the former Minister of Defense (who is still at large), these units disappeared. It is not clear why Russia needs a national guard that has not earned its title…
