Summer is under guard

Safety guests special economic zone provides more than 500 militiamen
This summer, in Buryatia, where full swing creation of special economic zone of tourist and recreational type, waiting for a large influx of Russian and foreign tourists. To ensure the safety of visitors, from 10 June to 10 September, law enforcement agencies for the first time conduct a large-scale operational and preventive operation "Spa-2008".
-- The operation involved over 500 police officers - said Lydia Tsybikova, deputy head of Information and Communication Ministry of Internal Affairs of Buryatia. - Special attention is paid to the protection of public order in the so-called resort areas - Barguzinskom, Pribaykalskom, Kabanskom, Severobaykalskom, Eravnin-Pacific, Kizhinginskom, Selengin-French and Tunkinskom. In some of them for the duration of the operations staff will be increased by 2-3 times.
Already, there are held daily police raids on the sanatorium, restaurants and cafes. In the event of an abnormal situation to the aid of leisure in a few minutes to reach the group ready for immediate response and patrols PPP - their routes at the time of operation close to the maximum resort area and places of mass recreation.
Checks affect all industries, one way or another related to tourism. Trade and services - special attention. Because of poor-quality fish poisoning or surrogate alcohol is not less dangerous than hooligans attack.
-- The operation included a range of operational and preventive measures to prevent and detect offences in the sphere of protection of water and biological resources - continues Lydia Tsybikova. -- That is, will curb illegal mining, processing and sale of Baikal fish. In addition, the check point will begin implementing alcoholic products, roadside cafes and trade route "gribnikov".
By operation "Spa-2008" are connected and other power structures. In agreement with the Federal Service of Corrections policemen will quickly receive information about citizens who serving a term for crimes of terrorist and extremist direction and withdrew from places of detention in this period. Information on unreliable will report to the police also FSB regional administration. At the Department of Internal Affairs linear transport tasked to identify arriving in Buryatiyu offenders declared wanted.
Do not left behind and local authorities.
-- Together with the police and administration, we organized a national park in the village Shuluty information centre and control post, which inspect all who enter the area - said Anatoly Demin, the first deputy head of administration Tunkinsko-go area RB. -- In addition, each village has provided volunteer militia. Along with the personnel staff, they will follow the pattern in an area involved in raids and other preventive measures.

By the way
During the first week of operation actions "Spa-2008" in Buryatia not recorded any offence connected with tourists.

Marina Lukinskaya