MOSCOW, September 19 (RAPSI) – Number of terrorist crimes has dropped 10 times in the last 5 years, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday citing first deputy head of the National Antiterrorism Committee Igor Kulyagin.

The official noted that there is a stable pattern indicating reducing number of these crimes in Russia.

In the latest development of Russia’s antiterrorist policy, the State Duma MP Adalbi Shkhagoshev proposed a bill envisaging more severe punishment for recruiting terrorists, including life terms. According to an explanatory note to the document, the bill is aimed to amend the Criminal Code to make efforts targeting recruitment or other forms of involvement into organizing and financing of crimes of terrorist nature and, in more general terms, extremist and terrorist activities more efficient.

Earlier, the Interior Ministry prepared a concept of national migration policy, including provision on cancellation of Russian citizenship for committing terrorist and extremist crimes.

The concept also introduces further changes to the national legislation, namely an option to decline a motion for acquiring or reinstating Russian citizenship for foreign citizens and people without citizenship extradited to other countries for criminal prosecution or enforcement of sentence.