The terrorist threat throughout Russia remains high, Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev said on Friday.
"Terrorist and extremist incidents in Russia this year confirm that terrorist threat levels remain high," Nurgaliyev said at a ministry meeting.
At lest 84 militants have been killed in the troubled North Caucasus this year, he added, as efforts continue to combat the Islamic insurgency in the Muslim republics of Dagestan, Chechnya and Ingushetia.
The Kremlin has vowed to clamp down on militants while stepping up efforts to boost the local economy.
MOSCOW, December 3 (RIA Novosti)