Russian Federation March Group military personnel in hazardous crowd control situations.”67 Electric shock According to its website, the March Group is shield and a the “official supplier for all the military range of structures in Russia: Ministry of Internal electric shock Affairs, Special Police Forces, Head batons and Department of the Penitentiary, Federal Bailiff stun guns. Service, Federal Security Service, Federal Several Drug Control Service and etc.”68 March Group incorporate a promotes a range of electric shock weapons capability of specifically to the law enforcement community. firing electric For example, the AIR-107U and AIR-107U-S shock models are “designed for exclusive usage by projectiles. police officers” whilst the Scorpion and Scorpion S.A. models are “designed for law enforcement and security structures” 69 In previous marketing literature the company stated that: “All stun guns and stun batons presented herein: are capable of shocking or bringing an assailant into unconscious state for a period of up to 20 minutes by a 1.5 – 3 second action.”70 According to the Chief of the Military Police, of the Russian Ministry of Defence, the Military Police which currently are equipped with unspecified electric shock devices, will in future acquire the March Group AIR-107U electric shock baton.71 According to a March Group promotional video, the company has “world-wide partners” in the following countries: Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Colombia, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kenya, Nigeria, Togo, 67 Inventarium Security, Research & Development, http://inventarium-srd.com/page31x.html (accessed 16 November 2017). 68 March Group, http://russian-shockers.com/ (accessed 16 November 2017). 69 March Group, Stun Guns and Stun Batons (promotional brochure) distributed at IWA security exhibition 2005 (copy held by Omega Research Foundation) pp. 5&6; 9&10. 70 March Group, Stun Guns and Stun Batons (promotional brochure) distributed at IWA security exhibition 2005 (copy held by Omega Research Foundation). 71 Ivanovsky, V. and Falichev, O. Russian Military Police: With A Shield and the Law, Interview with Chief of the Military Police of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant-General Vladimir Ivanovsky, “Military-Industrial Courier.” (VPK), undated. An English translation of this interview was published on 27 December 2016 in South Front, https://southfront.org/russian-military-police-with-a-shieldand-the-law/ (accessed 16 November 2017). 19