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OSN Saturn
OSN Saturn
Active	April 29, 1992
Country	Russia
Branch	Federal Penitentiary Service
Type	Police tactical unit
Role	Air assault; Anti-prison riot; Bomb disposal; CBRN defense; Close-quarters combat; Cold-weather warfare; Counterterrorism; Crowd control; Desert warfare; Direct action; Executive protection; Force protection; Hostage rescue; Law enforcement; Manhunt; Mountain warfare; Parachuting; Patrolling; PSYWAR; Raiding; Reconnaissance; Riot control; Special operations; Special reconnaissance; Urban warfare
Garrison/HQ	Moscow, Russia
Commanders
Current; commander	Boris Nikolaev

OSN Saturn (ОСН Сатурн УФСИН России по г. Москве; Otdel Spetsialnogo Naznacheniya Saturn) is the Moscow department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) special purpose unit (police tactical unit). Saturn was formed in April 1992 as a part of the Moscow Department of Punishment Execution (UIN) under the Ministry of the Interior. In 2006, the UIN system (including all regional departments and special purpose units) was renamed the Federal Penitentiary Service, and was moved from the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Interior to the Russian Ministry of Justice. The Saturn unit is also often called "Jail Spetsnaz".

Function

Current duties:

Anti-prison riot actions in detention facilities
Control and protect criminals while carrying out legal procedures
Counterterrorism actions in detention facilities
Hostage rescue in detention facilities
Personal security for Ministry of Justice and court officials
Preventing crimes in Moscow detention facilities
Providing security detention facilities at risk of attack
Psychological operations to reduce violence in detention
Search and arrest of escaped criminals
Securing special operations
Support military operations

Operations

The Saturn unit participated in the First Chechen War, including the storming of Grozny in December 1994 to January 1995, and in the Second Chechen War.

In summer 2000, Saturn officers protected PACE delegates during their visit to the Chechen Republic.

Saturn participated in the hostage rescue operation in Kapotnya investigative isolation ward No. 9 in September 2006.

It provided protection and convoy support during both Mikhail Khodorkovsky cases.

Saturns provide illegals program agent protection in Moscow.