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The "Berkut" ((ウクライナ語:Бе́ркут)), English for eagle, specifically the Golden eagle, was the system of special police of the Ukrainian militsiya within the Ministry of Internal Affairs.〔(Berkut arrived to defend Yanukovych's Mezhihirya from journalists ). ictv. June 6, 2013〕〔(Beaten up by Berkut neighbor of Yanukovych was recognized guilty and fined ). 24tv. January 18, 2014〕 Since late March 2014 its Crimean unit in the Republic of Crimea has been incorporated into the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs preserving its old name.〔〔〔(Russian interior bodies created in Crimea and Sevastopol ), ITAR-TASS (25 March 2014)〕〔(Crimean Berkut police to preserve name as it incorporates into Russian Interior Ministry ), ITAR-TASS (24 March 2014)〕 Following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, when Berkut was held responsible by the new government for most of the nearly 100 civilian deaths,〔(Ukraine's new rulers disband riot police ), Reuters (Feb 26, 2014)〕 acting Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov signed a decree that dissolved the agency.〔(Head of Ukrainian Interior Ministry signs order to dissolve "Berkut" ), Voice of Russia (25 February 2014)〕〔(Аваков распустил "Беркут" : Новости УНИАН ) 26.02.2014 | 01:10〕 As a result of the 2014 Crimean crisis and the referendum in Crimea the Russian Federation granted accession to the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol as federal subjects of Russia on 21 March 2014.〔(Ukraine: Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov named interim president ), BBC News (23 February 2014) (Ukraine protests timeline ), BBC News (23 February 2014)〕 Three days later Russia announced that the Crimean Berkut unit would preserve its name as it incorporates into the Russian Interior Ministry.〔 Berkut was Ukraine's successor to the Soviet OMON. It operated semi-autonomously and was governed at the local or regional level (oblast, raion, city). Initially used to fight organized crime, it became used as the Police (Militsiya) for Public Security. Its full name was ''"Berkut" Separate Special Assignment Unit(s) of Militsiya''. There was a "Berkut" unit in every region (oblast) and every big city of the country. Among the several special police units in Ukraine, "Berkut" became a catchall name for all the others. The main stated purpose (in Ukraine) of the national special force was crowd control; however, the Berkut have also been accused of taking part in racketeering, and of terrorizing, attacking, and torturing Ukrainian citizens, including in recent years voters who would elect non-Yanukovych candidates to local governments.〔(Berkut Riot Police Used to Falsify Ukrainian Parliamentary Elections ), The Jamestown Foundation (14 November 2012)〕 and had a well-documented history of kidnapping, attack, and torture of protesters including during Euromaidan and to a lesser extent the Orange Revolution. ==Etymology== ''Berkut'' means golden eagle or ''Aquila chrysaetos'' in the Ukrainian language, referring to a raptor historically associated with falconry on larger mammals, particularly foxes. It is probably a Turkic borrowing, compare Chagatai (börküt), Kazakh бүркіт (''bürkit''), Tatar бөркет (''bөrket''), Bashkir бөркөт (''börköt''), Kyrgyz бүркүт (''bürküt''), Uzbek burgut. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Berkut (special police force)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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