Russia agrees to share data on ‘extremists’ and ‘terrorists’ with five former Soviet states. Its own terrorism and extremism registry now tops 23,000 names.
The prosecutors general of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan have signed an agreement to cooperate in combating terrorism and extremism, RBC reported.
Under the agreement, the countries will promptly exchange information about terrorist and extremist organizations and individuals whom authorities consider security threats. They will also share information about attempts to infringe on countries’ sovereignty or possible terrorist attacks. The agreement separately mentions foreign fighters returning “to their countries of origin” and their family members.
In Russia, authorities also use extremism and terrorism laws in politically motivated cases. The terrorism and extremism register maintained by Russia’s financial monitoring agency, Rosfinmonitoring, already lists more than 23,000 people. Journalist Yuri Dud was one of the latest additions. Others on the list include Pavel Durov, Vera Polozkova, Leonid Gozman, Tatyana Lazareva, Boris Akunin, and Alexander Nevzorov.
According to the Pervy Otdel project and the think tank Parubets Analytics, 1,145 people were convicted of terrorism in the first half of 2026, compared with 725 such convictions a year earlier.
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