“59 crimes of a terrorist nature have been identified,” TASS quoted the materials presented at an expanded board of the Moscow Central Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Oleg Baranov, the head of the Moscow police headquarters, said that 51 people were prosecuted for terrorist crimes.
In December, two Russians and three natives of Central Asian countries were arrested in Moscow, who joined the Islamic State terrorist organization * and were planning terrorist attacks.
Director of the FSB of Russia Alexander Bortnikov said that in 2019, 78 cells of international terrorist organizations were suppressed in Russia.
* “Islamic State” (IG) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.