MINSK, 12 July (BelTA) – During the collapse of the Soviet Union, crime was rampant in Belarus, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs - Commander of the Internal Troops Nikolai Karpenkov, who was the commander of the combat group of the special unit Berkut in 1992-1994, said in the ONT documentary "One for All" dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the institution of the presidency in Belarus, BelTA has learned.
"Gangs, emulation, the cult of organized criminal groups. Kingpins, their gatherings, riots in prisons," Nikolai Karpenkov noted.
"At that time, I served as a platoon commander in the Berkut unit. Our detachment was called almost weekly to this or that prison in order to restore order there. There was a feeling that there was no bottom to it. That crime was practically impossible to defeat," the deputy minister said.
"Gangs, emulation, the cult of organized criminal groups. Kingpins, their gatherings, riots in prisons," Nikolai Karpenkov noted.
"At that time, I served as a platoon commander in the Berkut unit. Our detachment was called almost weekly to this or that prison in order to restore order there. There was a feeling that there was no bottom to it. That crime was practically impossible to defeat," the deputy minister said.
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