The prosecutors general of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have signed an agreement on cooperation in combating terrorism and extremism, RBC reported. The document was signed at a meeting in Moscow by Russian Prosecutor General Alexander Gutsan, Belarusian Prosecutor General Dmitry Gora, Kazakh Prosecutor General Berik Asylov, Kyrgyz Prosecutor General Malik Bekturganov, Tajik Prosecutor General Habibullo Sayidullo Vohidzoda and Uzbek Prosecutor General Nigmatilla Yuldashev.
Under the agreement, the countries will share operational information on terrorist and extremist organizations and individuals that their governments consider security threats. The exchange also covers information on attacks on state sovereignty and possible terrorist attacks. The agreement specifically mentions foreign fighters returning to their "home country" and their family members.
In Russia, articles of the criminal code on extremism and terrorism are also applied in politically motivated cases. More than 23,000 people have already been added to the relevant register of Russia's financial monitoring agency, Rosfinmonitoring, and journalist Yury Dud recently joined them. The list also includes Pavel Durov, Vera Polozkova, Leonid Gozman, Tatyana Lazareva, Boris Akunin and Alexander Nevzorov.
In the first half of 2026, 1,145 people were convicted of terrorism offenses in Russia, compared with 725 a year earlier, according to the First Department project and the Parubets Analytics center.
