Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post
If not, who are the MVD - what do they do?
As I replied in another thread it's a police ministry. This sanatorium is for Belorussian police officers. I also highly recommed you to check deeper the fact if they are going to put you in a room with a stranger. The only thing they can provide for you that a stranger will be the same gender. It was a common Soviet practice and Belarus managed to keep many of old stupid Soviet customs. You hardly can be offered to share a room with a stranger in these day's Russia but in Belarus I guess it can be quite possible.