Head of the Moscow City Internal Affairs Directorate: “In 2007, the capital saw an increase in crimes motivated by extremism”
On October 2, 2007, at a meeting of the city government, where the issue of adopting the “Capital is a Multinational City” program for 2008-2010 was considered, the head of the Moscow City Internal Affairs Directorate, Vladimir Pronin, announced that since the beginning of 2007, crimes motivated by extremism have been committed in the capital more than in the whole of last year. “My opinion as a police chief is that this trend is growing,” he added. V.