Rosgvardia denied information about the intention of the soldiers of the 604th Red Banner Special Purpose Center “Vityaz” to remove their main insignia – maroon berets – in protest of the results of the competition in the North Caucasian District of the National Guard troops. This was announced to “Lente.ru” by the official representative of the department Valery Gribakin.
“With some surprise we read the news that allegedly today the soldiers of the special units of the National Guard took off their maroon berets,” he said. The Major General explained that the maroon beret is “a symbol of the valor of our special forces and it was not removed even in front of the enemy, and even more so as a sign of disagreement with the outcome of the competition.”
“In this case, there were no fights, let alone a showdown. The strongest won as always. With which we congratulate the winners, ”summed up Gribakin.
Earlier, the Main Council of Maroon Berets joined the investigation of the situation. According to the founder of the Brotherhood of Maroon Berets, Hero of Russia Sergei Lysyuk, based on the results of studying the situation, an objective assessment will be given, and “now there is no need for loud slogans and emotions”.
On October 17, journalist Alexander Kots reported on the demarche of special forces fighters on his Telegram channel. According to him, the reason for the scandal was the deception on the part of candidates from Chechnya at the training ground of the Tambukan training center in the Stavropol Territory. During the march, which is one of the stages for the appropriation of a beret, friends of some of the applicants gave them a lift in cars. The acting krapoviks were outraged by this, and a mass brawl ensued, the participants of which were personally separated by the head of the Main Directorate of the Special Forces of the Russian Guard, Igor Semilyak. In addition, the special forces were outraged that the contestants who failed the tests still received the coveted berets.