Russian Traffic Police Force Returns Soviet-Era Name

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
GAI in 1936
part of law enforcement reforms under ex-president Dmitry Medvedev.Chernikov said the traffic police name change had already taken effect,
adding that all official documents now carry the GAI acronym.Politicians in Russia had regularly suggested changing the name of the traffic
police force after it became known as the GIBDD in the late 1990s.Shortly after first assuming office in 2001, Russian President Vladimir
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