Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia Vladimir Kolokoltsev

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“It’s no secret that the main weapon of the “collective West” in the post-Soviet space is inciting Russophobia and distorting history. The results of this work are often expressed in migrants’ rejection of the laws of the Russian Federation and disagreement with its policies. This creates additional risks for their involvement in extremist and terrorist activities. We consider the fight against these manifestations as a priority area of ​​cooperation,” said the Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Vladimir Kolokoltsev at a meeting of the Council of Ministers of Internal Affairs of the CIS member states, which took place in Kazakhstan.

Addressing his colleagues, Vladimir Kolokoltsev noted that in the context of unprecedented pressure from the “collective West” on Russia’s allies, security issues are becoming key to maintaining regional stability.

“The Ukrainian crisis, the beneficiary of which is primarily the United States, shows how the work of “Western partners” is capable of shaking the foundations of the state, driving a wedge between bearers of different linguistic and cultural values,” noted the head of the Russian department and emphasized that the intelligence services of unfriendly countries are used to shake situation, the migration component is actively used.

The minister also proposed more actively forming a multipolar model of the world order, which implies the increasing influence of international organizations like the SCO and BRICS, which represent an alternative to Western associations. Kolokoltsev proposed to his colleagues to intensify the participation of representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Commonwealth countries and the BKBOP in events on the issues of countering criminal threats at the sites of these structures.

Official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk added that the working part of the speech of the Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, was devoted to priority issues of cooperation between the ministries of internal affairs of the CIS member states and the implementation of interstate programs to combat crime.

Following the meeting, the participants signed a number of documents.

MEANWHILE

Vladimir Kolokoltsev reported on the positive results of the first stage of Operation Search, carried out in March of this year: “256 criminals wanted by the ministries of internal affairs of foreign states were detained on Russian territory. Our partners detained 181 people who were put on the wanted list at the initiative of Russian law enforcement agencies.”