OSN Saturn (ОСН Сатурн УФСИН России по г. Москве; Otdel Spetsialnogo Naznacheniya Saturn) is the Moscow department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) special purpose unit. Saturn was formed in April 1992 as a part of the Moscow Department of Punishment Execution (UIN) under the Ministry of the Interior. In 2006, the UIN system (including all regional departments and special purpose units) was renamed the Federal Penitentiary Service, and was moved from the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Interior to the Russian Ministry of Justice. The Saturn unit is also often called "Jail Spetsnaz".
Function
Current duties:
Preventing crimes in Moscow detention facilities
Anti-riot actions in detention facilities
Search and arrest of escaped criminals
Securing special operations
Hostage rescue in detention facilities
Counter-terrorism actions in detention facilities
Personal security for Ministry of Justice and court officials
Operations
The Saturn unit participated in the First Chechen War, including the storming of Grozny in December 1994-January 1995, and in the Second Chechen War.
In summer 2000, Saturn officers protected PACE delegates during their visit to the Chechen Republic.
Saturn participated in the hostage rescue operation in Kapotnya investigative isolation ward No.9 in September 2006.
It provided protection and convoy support during both Mikhail Khodorkovsky cases.
Saturn provide illegals program agent protection in Moscow.
Training
Airborne training
Marksmanship
Hand-to-hand combat and knife fighting
Psychological warfare
Weapons handling
Rappelling
Anti-riot actions
Equipment
Vehicles
KAMAZ 43269 Vistrel
Ford E-series armored prisoners van
Armored Volkswagen T5 Transporter TDI
KAMAZ-43114
Toyota Land Cruiser 100
Nissan Patrol GR (Y60) VAZ-2131 Niva GAZ-2217 Barguzin passenger van
Weapons
Glock 17
Glock 19
Makarov pistol PMM
GSh-18
CZ 75
AEK-919K “Kashtan” 9 mm submachine gun PP-91 KEDR Carbine assault rifle 9A-91 9mm submachine gun PP-19 Bizon Submachine gun PP-19-01 Vityaz SN KS-23M Drozd Assault rifle AEK-971 with GP-25 RPG-7 AGS-30 6G-30 Assault rifle AN-94 Abakan Yarygin pistol MP-443 Grach AK-74M AK-103 RPK-74 OSV-96 SVD SVU