Blogger Rustem Adagamov said that Cossack patrols at the Belorussky Train Station in Moscow had driven out two beggars and an old lady trading mushrooms and socks, Interfax reports.
Igor Gulichev, chieftain of the Cossack Society of Southern-Eastern Moscow, compared the Cossacks with Texas rangers and said that the police were happy to see their assistance. He added that Cossack patrols were voluntary and did not receive wages.