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| Ministry of Internal Affairs has prepared a draft of a new strategy to combat extremism |
| 2024-07-23 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has developed a new strategy to combat extremism. This is stated in the draft decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin, published on the federal portal draft regulatory legal acts. “This strategy has been developed to ensure the further implementation of state policy in the area of combating extremism in the Russian Federation,” the document states. It is noted that the legal basis for the presented strategy is formed by the provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, norms of international law, international treaties, federal laws and legal acts of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation. If the decree is signed by the President of Russia, the strategy for countering extremism previously approved until 2025 will be declared invalid. According to the explanatory note, such concepts as "ideology of violence", "radicalism", "xenophobia", "Russophobia" were analyzed, adjusted and formulated. The subjects of counteracting extremism are established as federal government bodies, government bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, local government bodies with the involvement of civil society institutions. The most serious threat of an extremist nature is the spread of neo-Nazist ideas and the formation, including in Ukraine, of radical nationalist groups that commit criminal and sabotage-terrorist acts against civilian objects and individuals on the territory of Russia. The document also emphasizes that the achievement of state policy goals in the area of countering extremism should be carried out through the implementation of a set of organizational and legal measures at the federal, regional and municipal levels. As reported by the Regnum news agency, it was previously reported that the Russian government had submitted a bill to the State Duma that would expand the list of grounds for inclusion in the register of persons involved in extremism or terrorism. If the bill is adopted, citizens suspected of or found guilty of crimes committed on the grounds of political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity could be included in the list of extremists. Russian President Vladimir Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov emphasized that the fight against terrorism must be uncompromising and as tough as possible. |
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