Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his security services to ceaselessly monitor strategic targets and energy infrastructure.
Source: Putin’s video address to employees of the security services on this special day celebrating their profession
Details: Putin emphasised that “places of mass gatherings of citizens, strategic targets, and transport and energy infrastructure must be under constant supervision”.
Quote from Putin: “This challenge must be met by the FSB (the Russian Federal Security Service) in coordination with the National Antiterrorism Committee and in close collaboration with other security-related government agencies.”
Background:
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Large-scale fires have been occurring in Russia for the last couple of months. On 18 December a fire broke out at the Markovskoye gas condensate field; on 15 December a huge fire broke out at an oil refinery in Irkutsk; and on 9 December part of the Mega Khimki shopping centre in Moscow burned down.
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