The Berkut (, "golden eagle"; , Byerkut) was the Ukrainian system of special police (riot police) of the Ukrainian Militsiya within the Ministry of Internal Affairs.Berkut arrived to defend Yanukovych's Mezhihirya from journalists . ictv. June 6, 2013Beaten up by Berkut neighbor of Yanukovych was recognized guilty and fined. 24tv. January 18, 2014 The agency was formed in 1992, shortly after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, as the successor to the Ukrainian SSR's OMON.
