Russia registers nearly 30 pct more terror crimes in 2020

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MOSCOW, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Interior Ministry said Thursday that law enforcers registered 2,342 crimes of a terrorist nature in 2020, up 29.7 percent from a year earlier.

Of these cases, 623 were committed in 2020, including those suppressed at the stage of preparation and attempt, the ministry said in an online report.

Meanwhile, the ministry registered 833 crimes of an extremist nature in 2020, up 42.4 percent year on year.

Russian police registered a total of over 2 million crimes in 2020, 1 percent more than in 2019, with 50 of the country's 85 federal subjects showing a bigger number of law offenses. Enditem

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