The department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Poltava region has decided to send 600 of its workers to the village of Velyky Sorochyntsi, Mirhorod district of Poltava region, to maintain public order at Sorochyntsi Fair on August 13-17.
A representative of the Poltava regional police department disclosed this to Ukrainian News.
If President Viktor Yuschenko of Ukraine and President Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia come to the fair as they plan, 400 more policemen will be send to the scene to escort them, the representative said.
Ninety policemen will be on duty at the fair every day and 10 police dogs will be involved in night patrol.
