MOSCOW. April 5 (Interfax) - Supported by the West, Kiev is stepping up terrorist activities in Russia's new regions, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said.
"The situation in the new constituent parts of the Russian Federation remains difficult," Patrushev told reporters following a meeting of the Russian Security Council held to discuss maintaining law and order in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
"For many years, the Kiev authorities have been encouraging organized crime in these territories," he said.
"These circumstances still have a negative effect on the operational situation. With the assistance of the U.S. and its allies, Kiev is ramping up terrorist activities," Patrushev said.