Alexander Bortnikov: the level of terrorist activity in the territory of the Russian Federation for the year decreased threefold
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The activities of the security services for 2014 were summarized by Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the Federal Security Service of Russia. According to Bortnikov, the level of activity of terrorist organizations and structures in the territory of the Russian Federation has decreased almost threefold. This is expressed in the general reduction in the number of crimes of a terrorist nature, as well as in the work of the FSB to prevent terrorist acts. Alexander Bortnikov, who spoke at a meeting of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee, quotes TASS:
This year, 59 terrorist crimes have been prevented in Russia, including 8 of terrorist attacks being prepared. By abandoning terrorist activities, 30 was able to persuade persons previously associated with the bandit underground. 233 improvised explosive devices were seized from illicit trafficking, a significant amount of firearms weapons and other means of destruction.
Alexander Bortnikov noted that the improvement of the work of the special services is carried out thanks to a series of special anti-terrorism exercises. According to the director of the FSB, 2014 exercises of a similar nature were conducted over the year.
Alexander Bortnikov:
Thanks to the implementation of a complex of anti-terrorism measures, the tendency of the annual decrease in the number of terrorist crimes committed on the territory of Russia is preserved: almost three times as compared with last year and four times as compared with 2012 a year.
This is a serious success of the Russian special services. However, the terrorist threat still remains a serious obstacle for citizens and the Russian economy. The most high-profile terrorist attacks of the year 2014 occurred in Grozny. In a recent attack on the administrative center of Chechnya, 14 law enforcement officers were killed.
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