Putin: 20 terror plots foiled in Russia this year
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Intelligence agents have foiled 20 terror plots in Russia this year, President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday, and asked officials to increase their efforts to prevent attacks.
Just a few hours after Putin's announcement, police said they had detained 20 members of a banned Islamic organization in the Moscow region.
Speaking Tuesday at a ceremony at the Kremlin, Putin said in televised comments that the FSB intelligence agency this year had foiled 20 terror plots, arrested 560 militants and killed 112 others in Russia's North Caucasus in raids and clashes.
