Russian Military Sphinx

Image of a white sphinx on a black background.

The button is a pictorial of the Russian Internal Troops arm badge. The White Sphinx represents the Northwest District of Russia, which includes the city of St. Petersburg. The duties of the Internal Troops of the Ministry for the Internal Affairs (MVD) is to support the military and combat terrorism. One of its major tasks is combat activity in the North Caucasus region of Chechnya.