Leadership

The Commander of the Republican Gendarmerie is appointed by the Governor on the proposal of the Minister of Internal Security and answers to the Minister.

Major General Ruslan Toktarov

Commander of the Republican Gendarmerie · since 2012

Born in 1978. Graduated from the Omsk Higher Tank Command School in 1999 and served in the Gendarmerie from 2000, commanding the Highway Patrol Corps before his appointment as Commander in March 2012. Under his command the Gendarmerie took over the internal posts of the corridor, opened the register of fuel tankers and moved the Academy to four-year courses.

Deputies and officials

First Deputy Commander

Operations, the line and the internal posts

Chief of Staff

Headquarters, personnel, logistics, the duty service

Lieutenant Colonel Nurdin Tynaliev

Head of the press office

Questions from journalists go to the press office in writing; interviews with officers are arranged only through it.

Structure

Border Demarcation Brigade

The checkpoints on the Qara-Chik line, crossing permits, the 12 km restricted zone and the Zone's sections of the external frontiers, with the Customs Service at the crossings.

Tel. +996-39-2-25-02-10

Special Protective Service

Protection of the Governor, senior officials, the Boz-Korgon compound and other executive sites.

Rapid Reaction Strike Group "Barysh"

Counter-terrorism and public order. Stationed beside Talas Air Base.

Highway Patrol Corps

Traffic on State Route 1 and the roads to the northern crossings, the Otmek tunnel, convoy escorts, vehicle registration and plates (since 2008), the guard of the Toktogul dam.

Tel. +996-39-2-25-02-30

Talas Gendarmerie Academy

Officer school of the Gendarmerie; also trains the city police and the district detachments. See the Academy.

Tel. +996-39-2-25-04-00