MOSCOW, 25 February, 2021 (TON): On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that law enforcement forces have prevented 72 terrorist crimes in the country in the previous year.

The report stated that 2020 had more crimes prevented as compared to the year-earlier which was 57.

Putin said in a meeting of the FSB (Federal Security Service Board) that despite the fact that many of the attempts were thwarted at an early stage, terrorism remains a serious threat with terrorists using more diverse tactics.

It is necessary to better protect places of mass gathering, critical facilities, and social institutions, and more effectively coordinate the work of the FSB and other security agencies, he added.

He praised the work of counterintelligence bodies, which have thwarted the activities of 72 employees and 423 agents of foreign special services last year.

The law enforcers will have to pay special attention to detect contacts between the terrorist groups and the foreign special services as per the orders of Putin and also on the importance of protecting military information with no chances of it getting breached.