formed part of the 2016 Moscow Victory Day Parade. On 18 May 2016, State Duma approved the first of the three readings of the draft law establishing the National Guard. On 22 June 2016, State Duma approved the last of the three readings of the draft law, thus establishing the National Guard. The Federation Council soon followed. The first National Guardsmen to be enlisted took their military oaths on 1 June 2016. Establishment process phases Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the National Guard started operations before the legal basis for its work was actually finalized. According to Federal National Guard Service Director and National Guard Forces Director Viktor Zolotov, the formation of the Russian National Guard is to take place in three stages. The first phase sees the transformation of the Interior Troops, of the OMON units and of the SOBR units (previously framed within the police) into National Guard units. The second step involves the elaboration of the troops' organizational and staff structure, harmonizing regulations and assigning specific tasks. The third phase envisages the completion of all the organizational activities and the beginning of execution of the tasks entrusted. First five years At the start of 2017 a new division of cyberintelligence was formed in order to "monitor the activity of citizens in social networks, revealing cases of extremism there". In 2018 the Rosgvardia consumed 111,9 billion RUR. A year later it received a five percent increase. In 2019 some Rosgvardians from St Petersburg were apprehended after they planted drugs on a 16-year old. It was noticed in February 2021 that the Rosgvardia has been used to silence pro-Navalny protests, in an attempt by the Putin regime "to fend off threats to its political monopoly at any cost". 2021-present Over the last fortnight of July 2021 the Rosgvardians staged their first-ever operational-strategic exercise simultaneously in every Russian federal district except the North Caucasian. On 21 November 2021 it was decided henceforth to classify Rosgvardia budget requests. Early in January and February 2022, there were reports of Rosgvardiya detachments moving to the Russia–Ukraine border and Belarus, joining the supposed "training exercise", going during the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis. When Russian forces invaded Ukraine on 24 February, Rosgvardiya troops started to move into Ukrainian territory, establishing themselves in occupied cities and towns, reportedly for suppressing local hostile population. Within the first five days, the Rosgvardians were in combat situations