Russian police tighten security measures at transport facilities

MOSCOW, February 28 (Itar-Tass) -- The Russian Interior Ministry has
tightened the security measures at the transport facilities, particularly more policemen and police dog handlers with sniffer dogs are on duty at these facilities, Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev said in an interview with the Izvestia daily that will be published on Monday.
"The tragic events at the Domodedovo airport and further inspections on the security measures at the transport facilities exposed that many problems remain unsettled in this issue," Nurgaliyev noted. Alongside, he emphasized that "transport security is not only within the authority of the police, but also other law enforcement agencies and the owners of transport infrastructure entities."
"We have already taken the scope of priority measures, particularly building up the numerical strength of the patrol service at the transport facilities, the regrouping of the police staff from 'the sterile area' to 'the non-sterile area' at the airports, police dog handlers with sniffer dogs are already on round-the-clock duty at all major transport hubs," the interior minister pointed out.
"We are working on the improvement of the legal basis, which regulates the transport security measures, and are stepping up the cooperation with departmental security services and private guard agencies in close contact with other agencies concerned," he underlined.