Alexander Khloponin, Russian Vice Prime Minister and Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the North Caucasian Federal District, said that the crime rate in the region had dropped threefold in the past 4 years, Yuga.ru reports.
He clarified that almost all militant leaders were destroyed. 80% of terrorists were engaged in racketeering and scaring people, the rest were recruiting young people to join their ranks, Khloponin noted.
