MOSCOW, November 3 (RIA Novosti) - President Vladimir Putin signed a resolution to limit the number interior bodies' personnel to 821,268.
This includes 661,275 officers and 159,993 civilian personnel, but does not include the personnel employed for maintaining and guarding interior bodies' buildings, the Kremlin press office said, adding the move was designed to "improve the Interior Ministry's activities," the Kremlin said.
