ArmInfo. The Armenian special forces returned from Chechnya with a cup, where the VII Open Championship in tactical shooting among security forces was held,. The head of the press center of the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia Samson Galstyan told ArmInfo correspondent about this.
According to Galstyan, the director of the National Security Service Artur Vanetsyan was also present at the competitions.
On May 1, the press service of the Head and Government of the Chechen Republic reported that the Grozny Palace of Festivities Safia summed up the VII Open Championship in tactical shooting among security forces dedicated to the memory of the First President of the Chechen Republic, Hero of Russia Ahmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov in a solemn ceremony. It was reported that the ceremony of awarding the winners and prize-winners of the tournament was attended by the Head of the CR Ramzan Kadyrov, Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North Caucasus Federal District Alexander Matovnikov, Tula Governor Alexey Dyumin, Deputy Director of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation Sergey Dyachenko, Director of the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia Artur Vanetsyan, Russian public figure Ksenia Shoigu. The championship was held from April 28 to May 1 on the basis of the Russian University of Special Forces in the second largest city of the republic - Gudermes. The tournament was attended by 350 special forces soldiers from China, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, as well as from various parts of Russia - Transbaikalia, Nizhny Novgorod, St. Petersburg, Ryazan, Crimea, Siberia, the Urals and the North Caucasus Federal District. The team of the PPSP regiment of the Ministry of the Interior named after the Hero of Russia Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov also took part in the competition. <Troika winners were closed by representatives of SOBR in Krasnoyarsk Territory. The second place was taken by the team 604 CSN <Vityaz> FSVNG. The victory was won by fighters from Belarus. The consolation prize for the will to win was received by the <Ђ> National Security Council of Armenia> management team, said the press service of the Head and Government of the Chechen Republic.