Speech at Enlarged Collegium of the Russian Federal Security Service
January 31, 2007
Moscow
Выступление на расширенном заседании коллегии ФСБ России
31 января 2007 года
Москва
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN: Comrades, delegates to this meeting,
This annual meeting of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Collegium is to make an all-round analysis of the agencys work and outline priorities and tasks for the coming months.
Overall, the security agencies worked well in 2006. The creation of the National Antiterrorist Committee headed by the director of the FSB was a big step in developing the countrys antiterrorist strategy. One of its results has been a real increase in coordination of the different agencies counterterrorist work, including operations to neutralise armed groups and their leaders, the most notorious among them, in Chechnya. As I have said on many occasions, our public and our country had waited a long time for the results that were achieved last year.
The general professional level of operations work has increased visibly, as was apparent during the organisation of international events. FSB personnel displayed a high standard of work during the G8 summit and the summit meetings with the European Union.
These achievements are all important signs that the FSB is strengthening its potential and that its different divisions have gained in experience and professionalism. Today, I think we can see how people with greater professional experience are working closely with new personnel to create an efficiently functioning human resources environment. This can be seen in the results achieved. I want to thank the agencys directors and its rank and file personnel for their conscientious work.
At the same time, however, the task of ensuring our national security requires the FSB to be constantly improving its work.
Above all, the agency must continue to step up efforts to prevent terrorist attacks. You are the ones responsible for coordinating this work, and not only with the other security agencies but also with your colleagues from other state ministries and agencies.
As you know, checks of all the main components of the state counterterrorism system were carried out recently in response to a high state of terrorism alert being declared. All components were important alerting citizens, and action procedures for the law enforcement agencies and the federal and regional authorities. In this respect, there is matter for reflection and there are things to work on.
New counterterrorism instruments were also on the agenda at the National Coordination Meeting of Law Enforcement Agencies. As you know, a common counterterrorism data base will be established very soon. It will contain fingerprint data on people accused and convicted of terrorism, and other useful information for carrying out day-to-day operations.
It is important to close the loopholes that enable international terrorists to enter Russian territory. The implementation of the federal State Border programme is particularly important in this respect. The priority today, like last year, is to equip the most complex sections of the border in the North Caucasus.
We must continue our work to put in place a modern border protection infrastructure. By raising the throughput capacity of our border crossing points we can inject new vigour into economic life in many border regions in the country, and we can use new technology and equipment to be more active in preventing smuggling that damages our marine and natural resources. These are all real steps that help to ensure our countrys economic security.
As you know, the Russian economy has been growing steadily. We must ensure that the business environment in Russia is reliably protected from corruption and economic crime.
Some results were achieved in this area last year. You succeeded in preventing losses to the state, which, according to your estimates, came to some 47 billion roubles. More than 3,000 criminal cases have been opened. But you must be well aware that concrete losses are not the only issue. These kinds of crimes, if they go unpunished, eat away at society and deal a serious blow to Russias reputation as a country with a civilised economic environment.
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ФСБ взрывает Россию? часть1by SlyTR7745,822 views
bud' ti proklyat Putin! Chto bi ti gorel v ogne tak je kak i goreli vse chechenci! Chechenci proklyanayut tebya Putin! Ubiyca!
matchona 3 years ago
Все слова и сказанное,возвращаются владельцу.Уж так устроен наш мир.
niknikolay 3 years ago