Internal Troops
SOVIET / RUSSIAN PARAMILITARY FORCE
Internal Guards; MVD Troops; NKVD troops; Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs; MVD Internal Troops; Internal troops
The Internal Troops, full name Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs (MVD) (; abbreviated ВВ, VV), alternatively translated as "Interior (Troops or Forces)", is a paramilitary gendarmerie-like force mostly in successor states of the Soviet Union and in other countries as well, including in Russia (until 2016), Ukraine (until 2014), Georgia (until 2004), Kazakhstan (until 2014), Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. It is also maintained as reserve forces in the Armed Forces of Mongolia.