Kubrakov: CIS countries face complex of modern threats of extremist and terrorist nature

The CIS countries face a complex of modern threats of an extremist and terrorist nature. This was noticed by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus Ivan Kubrakov at a meeting of the Council of Ministers of Internal Affairs of the CIS, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.

Ivan Kubrakov expressed deep gratitude and sincere gratitude to the host party and personally to his Tajik counterpart Ramazon Rakhimzoda for the high level of organization of the event. The Minister of Internal Affairs stressed that the decisions taken by the Interior Ministry and subsequently implemented in our countries really contributed to the disclosure of hundreds of crimes and the detention of criminals

- And these are not just numbers to report. Behind them are the lives of many people we have been able to protect. This clearly indicates the correctness of the chosen joint way of combating crime. Despite external and internal challenges and threats, Belarus managed to maintain a stable and controlled criminal environment during the period under review. There is a decrease in the total number of registered crimes by more than 12 percent, including especially grave and serious.

One of the important results of the coordination of common efforts is the implementation of the Interstate Program of Joint Measures to Combat Crime for 2024-2028

- During the special complex event “Rosysk” this year, 111 criminals were detained in the republic for law enforcement agencies of the Commonwealth countries. As a result of the exchange of operational information and coordinated work on its verification in the CIS countries, 160 persons who committed illegal acts on the territory of Belarus were detained, 45 missing persons were found.

Ivan Kubrakov focused the attention of his colleagues in the Interior Ministry on the relevance of cooperation in the fight against the drug threat:

- This year, we faced a new way of illegally moving large consignments across the western borders of our country – using air weather balloons equipped with geolocation and mobile communication systems. Repeated cases of their transportation from Poland for the purpose of further transit to the Russian Federation were revealed.

In February, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus and Russia in the Moscow region identified and liquidated a laboratory for the manufacture of methadone, organized by Belarusians. About 13 kilograms of prohibited substances and laboratory equipment were seized, and the supply of a large batch to the illegal market was prevented.

- In order to identify and suppress the channels of financing drug crime, reduce the level of involvement of Belarusian payment instruments in it, at our initiative, amendments were made to the Decree of the Head of State No. 269 “On measures to counter unauthorized payment transactions”. This allows the Ministry of Internal Affairs to exchange information with the National Bank of Belarus in real time, monitor and block transactions related to drug and psychotropic trafficking. The mechanism used has already proved high efficiency and we are ready to share this experience with our colleagues from the CIS countries, Ivan Kubrakov said.

He also stressed that countering cybercrime remains one of the most important tasks of the law enforcement system

- Of particular concern is the functioning of transnational fraudulent call centers, the spread of extremist and terrorist content, the involvement of young people in illegal activities through the Internet, attempts to destabilize public security through information influence.

The CIS countries face a complex of modern threats of extremist and terrorist nature, which are aggravated by geopolitical instability and the transnational nature of crime. The key challenges are cyber terrorism and cryptocurrency financing, recruitment via the Internet, the Belarusian Interior Minister continued.

Due to its geographical location, Belarus is actively used as a transit corridor by migrants who move west from Asia, Africa, the Near and Middle East. In this regard, Ivan Kubrakov stated:

The Republic pays special attention to the management of migration flows, successfully fulfilling the tasks defined by the Declaration on the Coordinated Migration Policy of the CIS countries. The Ministry of Internal Affairs in cooperation with interested parties applies a wide range of measures aimed at improving the effectiveness of control and preventing destabilization of the situation. In 2026, about 12,000 violations of migration legislation were revealed, 3,000 foreign citizens were expelled from the country, more than 2,000 decisions were made to refuse entry to foreigners. There has been a decrease in the number of identified groups of illegal migrants.

Ivan Kubrakov stressed that the implementation of the interstate program is being carried out successfully, which allows us to coordinate and significantly intensify joint efforts in the fight against crime. He also announced that in 2027 Belarus will host a meeting of heads of the capital’s police/police chiefs of the CIS member states.

Photo: MVD.

Kubrakov arrived in Dushanbe for a meeting of the Council of Ministers of Internal Affairs of the CIS