City Authorities: Disturbances

2014 Winter Olympics Dept: With the approval of city authorities, eight Cossacks clad in traditional fur hats and uniforms patrolled a Moscow train station on Tuesday looking for signs of minor public disturbances, according to Montreal Gazette. The southern Krasnodar province which includes Sochi, the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics launched Cossack patrols in September to crack down on Muslim migrants from the neighbouring Caucasus. Now they've made it to the Russian capital and mOSCOW - Renowned for their sword-fighting prowess and notorious for their anti-Semitism in czarist Russia, the Cossacks are taking on new foes: beggars, drunks and improperly parked cars. The Kremlin is seeking to use the once-feared paramilitary squads in its new drive to promote conservative values and appeal to nationalists. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.