Moscow, July 2 (ANI): The Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev has issued an advisory to its police officers asking them to lose weight and get fitter.
The move to issue the advisory comes as Russia seeks to cut its bloated police force and improve its image among foreign tourists and investors, The Courier Mail reports.
"The fat and paunchy will not get through," Russia's Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev was quoted as saying.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has vowed to cut the police force by a fifth, and increase its professional level. The officers have even got a new uniform, with a more tailored look. Now they have just a month to pass tests to prove their suitability in the slimmed-down force.
The interior ministry spokesman, Oleg Yelnikov, said Nurgaliyev made the comment unofficially and that the written rules for testing do not specify weight.
"There is no such clause. If a man weighs 180kg and runs the distance in 10 seconds, then there is no problem," Yelnikov said. (ANI)
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