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Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n traffic police
Highway patrol
A highway patrol is either a police unit created primarily for the purpose of overseeing and enforcing traffic safety compliance on roads and highways, or a detail within an existing local or regional police agency that is primarily concerned with such duties.Duties of highway patrols or traffic...
. They are responsible for the regulation of traffic
Traffic
Traffic on roads may consist of pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using the public way for purposes of travel...
, investigating traffic accidents, and manning the stop lights. GAI officers are called "GAI inspectors" in Russia. The GAI is part of the Public Security Service of the MVD.
Other names
- Departament of Ensuring Road Traffic Safety of MVD of Russia abbreviated as DOBDD - Since 1994
- State Inspection for Road Traffic Safety abbreviated as GIBDD, Since 2002
- Main Directorate for Road Traffic Safety of the Russian MVD , Since 2011