“Today, the difficult international situation, the nature and scale of modern challenges and risks impose increased demands on the work of special services.
First of all, in solving your main, priority task - a tough and uncompromising fight against terrorism, ”Putin said.
He called for further "offensive and effective" liquidation of the cells of international terrorist groups.
Earlier, the Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said that the CIS countries have blocked the path of movement of citizens from countries with increased terrorist activity.