MOSCOW. Jan 15 (Interfax) - President Vladimir Putin has urged the Russian Investigative Committee to rapidly respond to new threats, including cybercrimes.
"Accumulated investigative practices should be timely summarized and analyzed and a rapid response should be given to changing trends in the crime situation and new threats, including those associated with cybercrime," Putin said in his greetings to employees of the Russian Investigative Committee, which marked its 10th anniversary on Friday.
Putin underlined the importance of preventive measures as an element of the Russian Investigative Committee's activity and called for accentuating both crime detection and elimination of conditions, which contribute to the perpetration of crimes.
"This work should be systemic and done in coordination with other agencies and executive and legislative authorities," Putin said.
The Russian Investigative Committee has broad powers in the field of criminal justice and the provision of law and order in general, he said.
"This high independent status has allowed bringing the activity of investigative bodies to a brand new level and creating conditions for more effective suppression of corruption, terrorist and extremist crimes, and other most severe and socially dangerous violations of law," Putin said.
He put emphasis on "such an area of activity, which has both legal and moral dimensions, as the prevention of any attempts at rehabilitating Nazism."
The president said he was sure that Russian Investigative Committee officers are scrupulously honest and highly professional.
"The absolute majority of investigators demonstrate such best professional and human qualities and fulfill their duties with due diligence and precision," he said.
The Russian Investigative Committee "provides a complete and impartial preliminary investigation, which guarantees a just sentence and, therefore, public confidence in the law enforcement system and the judiciary as a whole," he said.