Russian Views on Countering Terrorism During Eight Years of Dialogue : Extracts From Proceedings of Four U.S.-Russian Workshops

few Countries Have Endured As Many Attacks Of Terrorism During The Past Two Decades As Has Russia. From Bombings On The Streets Of A Number Of Cities, To The Disruption Of Pipelines In Dagestan, To The Taking Of Hundreds Of Hostages At A Cultural Center In Moscow And At A School In Beslan, The Russian Government Has Responded To Many Political And Technical Challenges To Protect The Population. The Measures That Have Been Undertaken To Reduce Vulnerabilities To Terrorist Attacks And To Mitigate The Consequences Of Attacks Have Been Of Widespread Interest In Many Other Countries As Well. in June 1999, The Presidents Of The National Academy Of Sciences And The Russian Academy Of Sciences Initiated An Inter-academy Program To Jointly Address Common Interests In The Field Of Counter-terrorism. Four Workshops Were Held From 2001 To 2007 And Additional Consultations Were Undertaken Prior To And After The Series Of Workshops. This Report Includes 35 Of The Russian Presentations During The Workshop Series. Collectively They Provide A Broad Overview Of Activities That Have Been Supported By Russian Institutions. FrontMatter......Page 2 Preface......Page 6 Contents......Page 8 Papers from *High Impact Terrorism: Proceedings of a Russian-American Workshop* (2002)......Page 12 Cooperation Among Ministries of Internal Affairs of CIS Member States in the Fight Against Terrorism and Other Manifestations of Extremism--Igor L. Dimitrov......Page 14 Russian Legislation and the Struggle Against Terrorism--Mikhail P. Kireev......Page 20 Selected Technologies and Procedures Intended to Restrict Unauthorized Access to Explosives--Bronislav V. Matseevich......Page 30 Bioterrorism: A View from the Side--Oleg S. Morenkov......Page 34 Electromagnetic Terrorism--Yury V. Parfyonov......Page 42 Russian Legislation and the Fight Against Terrorism--Viktor E. Petrishchev......Page 46 Could Terrorists Produce Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons?--Stanislav Rodionov......Page 58 Problems of Biological Security in Agriculture--Georgy A. Safonov and Vladimir A. Gavrilov......Page 62 International Centers as a Basis for Controlling Infectious Disease and Countering Bioterrorism--Lev S. Sandakhchiev, Sergey V. Netesov, Raisa A. Martynyuk......Page 72 The Role of Internal Affairs Agencies in Efforts to Fight Terrorism Under High-Technology Conditions--Oleg A. Stepanov......Page 82 Papers from *Terrorism—Reducing Vulnerabilities and Improving Responses: U.S.-Russian Workshop Proceedings* (2004)......Page 90 Analysis of the Threats and Consequences of Terrorist Acts in Urban Settings: Outline of a Protection System--Vladimir Z. Dvorkin......Page 92 Lessons Learned from the Nord-Ost Terrorist Attack in Moscow from the Standpoint of Russian Security and Law Enforcement Agencies--Yevgeny A. Kolesnikov......Page 104 Technical Protection of Electronic Documents in Computer Systems--Valery A. Konyavsky......Page 114 International Aspects of Creating a State System for Countering the Illegal Circulation of Radioactive Materials in the Russian Federation--Vladimir M. Kutsenko......Page 126 Computer Security Training for Professional Specialists and Other Personnel Associated with Preventing and Responding to Computer Attacks--Anatoly A. Malyuk, Nikolai S. Pogozhin, and Aleksey I. Tolstoy......Page 130 Medical Aspects of Combating Acts of Bioterrorism--Gennady G. Onishchenko......Page 140 Certain Aspects Regarding the Development of Conditions Favorable to Cyberterrorism and the Main Areas of Cooperation in the Struggle Against It--Igor A. Sokolov and Vladimir I. Budzko......Page 144 The Role of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Combating Terrorism in Urban Conditions--Sergey A. Starostin......Page 152 The Role of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations and Executive Branch Agencies of the City of Moscow in Dealing with Emergency Situations Arising from Acts of Terrorism--Aleksandr M. Yeliseev......Page 164 Papers from *Countering Urban Terrorism in Russia and the United States: Proceedings of a Workshop* (2006)......Page 170 Unauthorized Use of Radiation Sources: Measures to Prevent Attacks and Mitigate Consequences--Leonid Bolshov, Rafael Arutyunyan, Elena Melikhova, and Oleg Pavlovsky......Page 172 Special Characteristics of Firefighting in Urban Areas--Nikolay P. Kopylov......Page 190 On the Events in Beslan--Gennady Kovalenko......Page 210 Terrorist Acts in Moscow: Experience and Lessons in Eliminating Their Consequences--Aleksandr Yu. Kudrin......Page 226 Methodology for Assessing the Risks of Terrorism--Nikolay A. Makhutov......Page 232 Cybercrime and the Training of Specialists to Combat It in Russia--Nikolay V. Medvedev......Page 248 On Efforts to Counter International Terrorism in the Russian Federation and Possible Areas of U.S.-Russian Cooperation in this Area--Valentin A. Sobolev......Page 258 Efforts of Russian Ministries in Implementing Measures to Prevent Acts of Terrorism--Sergey G. Vasin......Page 268 Papers from *Countering Terrorism—Biological Agents, Transportation Networks, and Energy Systems: Summary of a U.S.-Russian Workshop* (2009)......Page 280 Electromagnetic Terrorism: Threat to the Security of the State Infrastructure--Vladimir Ye. Fortov and Yury V. Parfyonov......Page 282 Use of Predictive Modeling Packages for Effective Emergency Management--Nikolai Petrovich Kopylov and Irek Ravilevich Khasanov......Page 286 Organizational Measures and Decision Support Systems for Preventing and Responding to Terrorist Acts at Potentially Hazardous Facilities, on Transportation Systems, and in Locations Where Large Numbers of People Congregate--A. Yu. Kudrin, I. Zaporozhets, and S. A. Kachanov......Page 300 International and National Priorities in Combating Terrorism in the Transportation Sector--Vladimir N. Lopatin......Page 308 Characteristics of Technological Terrorism Scenarios and Impact Factors--Nikolai A. Makhutov, Vitaly P. Petrov, and Dmitry O. Reznikov......Page 316 Emerging Viral Infections in the Asian Part of Russia--Sergei V. Netesov and Natalya A. Markovich......Page 334 Activities of the Russian Federal Medical-Biological Agency Related to Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Security--Vladimir V. Romanov......Page 350 The Problem of Oil and Natural Gas Pipeline Security--S. G. Serebryakov......Page 354