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Problems of Urban Terrorism in Russia
Problems of Urban Terrorism in Russia
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This program includes instructions and major objectives for scientific development in the area of sociopolitical, economic, national, and regional sources of terrorism-related threats; principles for analyzing and monitoring the consequences of crises and disasters caused by terrorism; and consideration of terrorism in the overall strategic risks faced by the country. The most important special feature of urban terrorism in Russia, as in other countries, is the abrupt increase in direct damage (loss of life, destruction of infrastructure)
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· Scientific and Industrial Conference on Technological Terrorism and Terrorist Threat Prevention Methods (2003) · meetings of the Working Group on Risk Analysis and Safety Problems of the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, including discussion of general and special questions of terrorism prevention (tagging of explosive materials, controlled detonators, creation of protection systems)
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These principles are approved as the basis for the following: · development of security strategy · improvement and further development of the legal and regulatory base for the provision of security · development and implementation of special programs for providing security against specific threats · formation and implementation of joint policy by the city administration, economic and social entities, and the city's population with the aim of ensuring the security of Moscow The Security Principles for Moscow include the following types of threats: social, political, terrorist, natural, technogenic, environmental, informational, psychological, criminal, and military. At present in Moscow, priorities have been set for development program implementation strategy and corresponding program activities.
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· disruption of the psychophysical state of the population by means of programming behavior or activities of large population groups · cyberattacks against the most important computer networks · dissemination of information in the press and on radio and television that may distort public opinion and cause civil commotion · disruption of information networks · dispersion of chemical and radioactive materials in crowded areas · contamination of water supply systems and foods · dispersion of infectious pathogenic organisms The main preconditions aggravating the rise of terrorist threats are as follows: · combination of organized terrorist groups with a large quantity of independent, autonomous cells and individuals · appearance of new kinds of terrorism (informational, technogenic,2 cybernetic) · expansion of the means of terrorist activity (biological, chemical, radiological, and so forth)
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· The principle of legal dependence ensures the security of the city is carried out in strict accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, current Russian Federation legislation, the Principles of the National Security of the Russian Federation, the Moscow city charter, and Moscow city legislation. · The principle of universality assures that measures to ensure the security of the city are organized and carried out with regard to the potential realization of any reasonably probable kind of threat.
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· The principle of differentiation assures that the nature, volume, duration, and order of implementation of measures to ensure the security of the city corresponds to the special characteristics of each administrative region and city district, enterprise, organization, and company and guarantee the rational use of labor, material resources, and funds. · The principle of coordinated control ensures the security of the city based on a division of responsibilities between federal government entities, local government institutions, and the administrations of enterprises, organizations, and companies.
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