The Cossacks took their oath in the Vesna military compound in Murmashi. They are the first declared Cossacks in Murmansk Oblast, MBnews.ru reports. Another 500 people the region are believed to have a Cossack family origin, the news site reports. Among the assignments of the regional Cossack movement will be to guard the border to Norway and Finland, Viktor Ignatenko from the Murmansk regional administration says. He confirms that a summer camp will be established near the border station of Lotta. The Cossack community also plans to engage in fire fighting, street patrolling, as well as give military-patriotic teaching of children and young people, regional ataman Aleksey Zubarov says.
