International conference Global Threats and Challenges in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic – Terrorism and Violent Extremism was held in Tavrichesky Palace

Valentina Matvienko, Chairwoman of the IPA CIS Council and Chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation; Sagiba Gafarova, Chairwoman of Milli Mejlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Ararat Mirzoyan, Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia; Talant Mamytov, Chairman of Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic, Zinaida Grecianiy, Chairwoman of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova; Tanzila Narbayeva, Chairwoman of the Senate of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Aleksandr Bortnikov, Chairman of the Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services of the CIS Member States and Director of the FSB, took part in the event with offline and online participation.
Hendrik Daems, PACE President; Reinhold Lopatka, Chair of the OSCE PA Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism; Sergei Lebedev, CIS Executive Committee Chairman; Ghada Fathi Waly, UN Under-Secretary-General; Pyry Niemi, President of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference; Jürgen Stock, Interpol Secretary General; Andrei Novikov, Head of the CIS Counter-Terrorism Centre; and Sergei Pospelov, CSTO PA Executive Secretary, participated remotely.
As Ms Matvienko noted, “the COVID-19 epidemic made countering the terrorist threat even more difficult. In these conditions, comprehensive strengthening of international cooperation mechanisms becomes especially relevant.”
Ivan Melnikov, first deputy Chairman of the Russian Duma, noted that Russia has built an effective interaction model for state bodies to prevent terrorism and extremism.
The development of a set of new measures to counter terrorism financing was a major result of the past year, made possible by amending the Russian law On Countering Legalization (Laundering) of Illicit Income and Terrorism Financing.
As you may recall, on November 30, 2020 at its plenary session, the CSTO PA adopted the Recommendations on Countering Illicit Trafficking of Weapons of Mass Destruction as part of the FATF international standards.
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