A new Russian law “On the Police” went into effect on March 1, 2011. Among other things, the law changes the Russian word for the police from “militsia” to “politsia,” which was used before 1917. After the Bolshevik revolution, the new law enforcement bodies were named “militsia” to emphasize their (supposedly) popular nature and the difference from the Czarist police. Critics say that the police reform, initiated by President Dmitry Medvedev, is insufficiently far-reaching, and that the new name has negative connotations in Russian.
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