Russian prosecutor wants amendments to legislation on terrorism.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Moscow, 13 April: Currently, the main task for the law-enforcement bodies is to prevent terrorist activities, Deputy Prosecutor-General Sabir Kekhlerov said at today's parliamentary hearings "Current problems of the legal foundation of the fight against terrorism".

"With life in Russia becoming more stable, terrorism will be losing ground. However, currently the main task for the power-wielding structures is to prevent terrorist activities," he said.

Kekhlerov reminded the audience about completed trials of terrorists who had carried out terrorist acts in Moscow, Yessentuki, Groznyy, Vladikavkaz and Mineralnyye Vody. He noted that the Russian public is still not satisfied with the results of the work to prevent terrorism.

"Only 25 per cent of crimes committed by terrorists are solved," he said.

He also reminded the audience about measures taken by the USA to prevent terrorist acts. Draconian rules are in force for people arriving in the USA - "[border control authorities register their] fingerprints, shape of ears and other measures", he said. These issues are very important to Russia too and must be thoroughly studied, he said.

Besides, he said Russian society still does not understand that terrorism ...