Gun Policy News, 14 January 1998
Russia Giving Judges Handguns for Protection
14 January 1998
Associated Press
MOSCOW — Russia has a new perk of sorts for judges under increasing threat of attack: a free handgun.
Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin signed a government order last month that allows judges nationwide to carry a weapon, The Moscow Times reported Wednesday.
Several judges have been killed in recent years and threats against them have become increasingly common amid the breakdown of law and order that followed the 1991 Soviet collapse.
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