The President called for a thorough overhaul of human resources organisation and work at all levels in the Interior Ministry, from patrol and sentry officers to those in charge of the departments concerned. The security problems in the North Caucasus have their roots not so much in external factors as in internal factors such as corruption and socio-economic problems, Mr Medvedev said.
The President proposed that a number of crimes, in particular crimes committed by organised criminal groups and associations, be no longer eligible for trial by jury.