"The list of the terrorist leaders, who acted on the territory of Russia, shrank from 200 to 10 people," head of the FSB PR department Colonel Sergei Ignatchenko said. It was established that terrorist leader Khattab eliminated in Chechnya had over $40 mln on his accounts. "It proves that this terrorist earned this money through bloody terror in Russia," Col. Ignatchenko said. According to him, these people (Arab terrorists) under the veil of Islam in reality established a bloody business. Col. Ignatchenko also said that a number of people connected with the terrorist activities were detained as well. "These are the people who were trained abroad and came to Russia to conduct acts of terror," Col. Ignatchenko noted. According to him, the FSB announced the detainees following the necessary investigative measures. Col. Ignatchenko reminded that the law enforcement bodies encountered international terrorism in Soviet times. Back then emissaries of the Muslim Brothers organization appeared from time to time in the USSR. "In the course of the 1990s the FSB tracked the representatives of the extremist organizations in the Volga region and in the North Caucasus, where they were spreading their views among the locals and organizing groups. Currently al-Quaeda stands behind the most extremist Arabic organizations," Col. Ignatchenko said. "The threat of terrorism still exists in Russia, however the Russian FSB and Interior Ministry apply all the necessary efforts in order to prevent terrorist attacks. At the same time we count on the vigilance of citizens," Col. Ignatchenko said. He also added that the FSB has no information concerning the arrest of Vakha Arsanov - the former vice president of Ichkeria. "Yesterday we spoke with the FSB representatives in Chechnya and they didn't confirm the information concerning the arrest of Arsanov," Col. Ignatchenko added.