TODAY: Interior Ministry issues behavioral code for police force; NATO making accusations about Russia; Eurasec to receive Russian funds; Union of Journalists plans to form investigation arm; volunteer citizen patrols; Bogdanov joins Sochi race.

The Interior Ministry is trying to improve the poor reputation of Russia’s policemen by implementing a behavioral code that prohibits cursing, smoking, the use of poor grammar, and adultery.  A former Interior Ministry analyst called the code ‘useless’, and an anonymous policeman called it ‘total rubbish’.  NATO’s top commander has accused Russia of ‘seem[ing] determined [to] see Euro-Atlantic security institutions weakened and has shown a readiness to use economic leverage and military force to achieve its aims’.  NATO relations with Russia ‘will be shaped by the US’s decision about whether to site missile defense [system]s in Poland and the Czech Republic,’ says The Times.  Is the collapse of the Czech government going to deal another blow to the US’ planned missile defense shield?  Russia has announced that it will contribute $7.5 billion to the anti-crisis fund of the Eurasian Economic Community (Eurasec).