OSN Saturn
ActiveApril 29, 1992
Country Russia
BranchFederal Penitentiary Service
TypePolice tactical unit
RoleAir assault
Anti-prison riot
Bomb disposal
CBRN defense
Close-quarters combat
Cold-weather warfare
Counterterrorism
Crowd control
Desert warfare
Direct action
Executive protection
Force protection
Hostage rescue
Law enforcement
Manhunt
Mountain warfare
Parachuting
Patrolling
PSYWAR
Raiding
Reconnaissance
Riot control
Special operations
Special reconnaissance
Urban warfare
Garrison/HQMoscow, Russia
Commanders
Current
commander		Boris Nikolaev

OSN Saturn (ОСН Сатурн УФСИН России по г. Москве; Otdel Spetsialnogo Naznacheniya Saturn) is the Moscow department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) special purpose unit (police tactical unit). Saturn was formed in April 1992 as a part of the Moscow Department of Punishment Execution (UIN) under the Ministry of the Interior. In 2006, the UIN system (including all regional departments and special purpose units) was renamed the Federal Penitentiary Service, and was moved from the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Interior to the Russian Ministry of Justice. The Saturn unit is also often called "Jail Spetsnaz".

Function

Current duties:

  • Anti-prison riot actions in detention facilities
  • Control and protect criminals while carrying out legal procedures
  • Counterterrorism actions in detention facilities
  • Hostage rescue in detention facilities
  • Personal security for Ministry of Justice and court officials
  • Preventing crimes in Moscow detention facilities
  • Providing security detention facilities at risk of attack
  • Psychological operations to reduce violence in detention
  • Search and arrest of escaped criminals
  • Securing special operations
  • Support military operations

Operations

The Saturn unit participated in the First Chechen War, including the storming of Grozny in December 1994-January 1995, and in the Second Chechen War.

In summer 2000, Saturn officers protected PACE delegates during their visit to the Chechen Republic.

Saturn participated in the hostage rescue operation in Kapotnya investigative isolation ward No.9 in September 2006.

It provided protection and convoy support during both Mikhail Khodorkovsky cases.

Saturn provide illegals program agent protection in Moscow.

Training

  • Airborne training
  • Anti-prison riot
  • Cold-weather warfare
  • Counterterrorism
  • Crowd control
  • CQB/CQC
  • Defusing and disposal of bombs
  • Desert warfare
  • Executive protection
  • Fast-roping
  • Marksmanship
  • Mountain warfare
  • Hand-to-hand combat and knife fighting
  • Hostage rescue
  • NBCR on operations in contaminated environments
  • Psychological warfare
  • Rappelling
  • Reconnaissance
  • Riot control
  • Small unit tactics
  • Tactical emergency medical
  • Tracking
  • Weapons handling
  • Urban warfare

Equipment

Vehicles

  • KAMAZ 43269 Vistrel
  • Ford E-series armored prisoners van
  • Armored Volkswagen T5 Transporter TDI
  • KAMAZ-43114
  • Toyota Land Cruiser 100
  • Nissan Patrol GR (Y60)
  • VAZ-2131 Niva
  • GAZ-2217 Barguzin passenger van

Weapons

Saturn officer with a silenced 9A-91 carbine assault rifle

See also

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