The beginning of the working week turned out to be saturated for the Head of State. Three meetings were held at the Palace of Independence today. Minister of Internal Affairs Igor Shunevich reported to the President on the crime situation.
In general, the number of victims of crimes has been reduced by three percent. The Head of State was especially interested in the dynamics in the main areas of the fight against crime. The leader demanded special emphasis on combating domestic violence in particular in the countryside. According to statistics, these crimes are particularly cruel, they are difficult to prevent. The President was also interested in the fight against corruption and economic crimes and the new legislative initiatives of the Ministry in the field of combating illegal migration.
When answering questions of journalists, Igor Shunevich noted that the Ministry was actively involved in putting things in order in the Orsha region. This experience is planned to be extended to other medium-sized Belarusian cities. The minister also announced the changes in the migration legislation and the integration of the ice hockey federation with the club base. Both initiatives are still without details, but no revolutionary changes are expected. Also Igor Shunevich clarified exactly how foreign policemen will help the Belarusian police at the upcoming Second European Games in Belarus. The colleague will be attracted exclusively as experts.
Additional security measures are required because of the fact that violations of the law on the Ukrainian section of the border have become more frequent. In particular, it concerns attempts to smuggle large quantities of weapons, including automatic weapons, ammunition and drugs.
The Security Council and the Border Committee have proposed the President to close the Belarusian-Ukrainian section of the border from smugglers and criminals by modernizing the frontier committee with new mobile and combat-ready units of maneuvering groups. The decision on modernization was taken by the President after a thorough analysis of the situation and personal detailed inspection of the Brest Border Group in June this year. The Head of State confirmed the very need to strengthen the protection of borders, but demanded to count the necessary number of such units. The main criteria are the validity and functionality of each unit. At the same time, modernization can be accompanied by redistribution of forces or elimination of excessive administrative, logistical and auxiliary posts, so that the total number of security forces in the country does not increase significantly.
The number of border guards has been unchanged for 4 years, while the number of posts increased by 24 units during this period. However, on the instruction of the President, the modernization plan will be recounted and specified for each division and each staff unit. Even the nature of the terrain and possible response scenarios will be taken into account.
