MOSCOW. March 26 (Interfax) - Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov has demanded that his subordinates give a harsh and prompt response to extremism and terrorism and has noted an unprecedented growth in such threats last year.
"The preventive efforts of all respective agencies intensified last year, given an unprecedented growth in extremist and terrorist threats," Krasnov said at a board meeting of the Prosecutor General's Office.
Attempts to draw Russians into destructive actions and processes persist, he said.
"An illustrative example is the events in Dagestan where over a thousand local residents responded to calls for violence made on Telegram, literally at the snap of a finger from abroad, and showed unprecedented aggression. Similar events happened in Bashkortostan at the beginning of this year," Krasnov said.
Krasnov demanded that his subordinates firmly put a stop to such incidents and that all constituent territories increase the demand for their preventive work.
"You should focus on the activity of the authorities and law enforcement agencies from the point of view of a prompt response to arising threats, first of all those influenced by ethnic and religious factors. Unfounded delays in such cases could be viewed as a form of hidden complicity aimed to influence the sociopolitical stability in the region," he said.
Last year, prosecutors focused on stopping the spread of radical ideology and fake online information destabilizing public order, which soared since the start of the special military operation, Krasnov said.
Illegal information was removed from over 270,000 websites last year at the demand of the Prosecutor General's Office, he said.
The list of foreign and international non-governmental organizations declared undesirable in Russia has more than doubled.
"Now it is crucial to timely stop any actions aimed to resume their programs or projects. Criminal liability of those posing a threat to our country must be unavoidable," Krasnov said.