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Selection trials for crimson beret

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Special Forces commandos have passed nationwide selection trials to earn the right to wear the crimson beret at the Ministry of the Interior’s Novosibirsk Military Institute training center. The right to wear the crimson beret must be earned every year.

Special Forces commandos have passed nationwide selection trials to earn the right to wear the crimson beret at the Ministry of the Interior’s Novosibirsk Military Institute training center. The right to wear the crimson beret must be earned every year.

© RIA Novosti . Alexandr Kryazhev / Go to the mediabankSpecial Forces commandos have passed nationwide selection trials to earn the right to wear the crimson beret at the Ministry of the Interior’s Novosibirsk Military Institute training center. The right to wear the crimson beret must be earned every year.
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Special Forces commandos have passed nationwide selection trials to earn the right to wear the crimson beret at the Ministry of the Interior’s Novosibirsk Military Institute training center. The right to wear the crimson beret must be earned every year.
© RIA Novosti . Alexandr Kryazhev / Go to the mediabankThe trials began at 7:30 a.m. on October 3 with a quick march.
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The trials began at 7:30 a.m. on October 3 with a quick march.
© RIA Novosti . Alexandr Kryazhev / Go to the mediabankEarlier, theory exams and full medicals had reduced the number of applicants from 53 to 44.
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Earlier, theory exams and full medicals had reduced the number of applicants from 53 to 44.
© RIA Novosti . Alexandr Kryazhev / Go to the mediabankThe first trial eliminated 13 men.
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The first trial eliminated 13 men.
© RIA Novosti . Alexandr Kryazhev / Go to the mediabankA few commandos failed the altitude test.
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A few commandos failed the altitude test.
© RIA Novosti . Alexandr Kryazhev / Go to the mediabankSome mishandled their grenades, and some just did not manage to maintain the required time standards. Not everyone made it to the final bout with the drill instructors.
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Some mishandled their grenades, and some just did not manage to maintain the required time standards. Not everyone made it to the final bout with the drill instructors.
© RIA Novosti . Alexandr Kryazhev / Go to the mediabankApplicants were required to last 12 minutes in hand-to-hand combat.
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Applicants were required to last 12 minutes in hand-to-hand combat.
© RIA Novosti . Alexandr Kryazhev / Go to the mediabankA crimson beret was awarded to only one in every four candidates. Commandos from the Volga Military District topped the list, followed by Novosibirsk.
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A crimson beret was awarded to only one in every four candidates. Commandos from the Volga Military District topped the list, followed by Novosibirsk.
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