Russian interior minister at counterterrorism exercise in Tajikistan

Channel One TV, Moscow
22 Apr 06

[Presenter] International military exercises have taken place in
southern Tajikistan. Security services personnel from four countries
– Russia, Belarus, Armenia and Tajikistan – rehearsed operations to
eliminate terrorists who, according to the scenario, were planning
to seize a chemicals plant, an aluminium mill and a hydroelectric
station. The four countries’ interior ministers watched the exercises.

The CIS council of interior ministers has been meeting in Dushanbe
for several days. Its agenda included the fight against transnational
organized crime. It was decided that the next international exercises
will be held in Novosibirsk.

[Rashid Nurgaliyev, Russian Federation Minister of Internal Affairs,
captioned] Every terrorist, every terrorist organization should realize
that the CIS countries are a dependable union of the like-minded,
of professionals, that are ready today to stand in defence of the
CIS. They are ready to stand in defence of every state. So we must
be constantly ready for combat, constantly hone our skills and,
most important of all, confidently understand and empathize with
our colleagues.

[Video from screen time 1707:06 shows troops, vehicles, snatch squad,
ministers]