The head of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs about extremism

August 16, 2011 at an interdepartmental meeting on countering extremism in St. Petersburg Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Rashid Nurgaliyev reported that law enforcement agencies record an increase in interethnic tension and protest moods in the Northwestern Federal District Russia.

" The situation continues to be difficult on the territory lines of extremism. There is an increase in interethnic tension and protest sentiment among certain categories of citizens ," he said.

According to R. Nurgaliyev, it is necessary to fight against extremism by the whole society, and not just law enforcement bodies.

In addition, R. Nurgaliev noted that it is necessary to fight extremism and the Internet, because " Internet is absolute communication, on the Internet you can find everything - from manuals to manufacture of explosives to the instructions for holding extremist actions character ."

However, this should not limit the freedom of dissemination of information and network access. " Of course, our main task is to find a reasonable compromise, not limiting the freedom of dissemination of information in the global network and access to her ," he said.

Sources

• Nurgaliyev urges to fight extremism on the Internet without restricting freedom of information // ITAR-TASS. 2011. 16 August.
• Nurgaliyev announced the growth of extremism in the north-west of Russia // Evening Gazette. 2011. 16 August.