MOSCOW, January 15, 2004 (RIA Novosti) - The special service should be tough and efficient in dealing with the terrorist network, Vladimir Putin said while addressing the board meeting of the Federal Security Service (FSB).
"The up-to-date forms and methods of work should be applied more actively along with the traditional ones," the President stressed, adding that any challenge on the part of terrorists should be adequately met by the special service.
"The President also said, the situation in the North Caucasus, including Chechnya, must be specially controlled.