MOSCOW. Feb 28 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has tasked the Federal Security Service (FSB) with barring sabotage groups from entering Russia from Ukraine and blocking illegal arms trafficking.
"The Russian-Ukrainian border section must be under special control of the FSB Border Service. A taskforce has been deployed there now, which includes units from border agencies, the FSB air force, the Armed Forces, and the Russian Guard. Your duty is to put a barrier in the path of sabotage groups and curb attempts to smuggle weapons and ammunition into Russian territory," Putin said at an FSB board meeting on Tuesday.