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| 22.11.200913:56 (GMT) | At the session of NATO Special Committee in Brussels, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) chairman Valentin Nalyvaychenko discussed the question of struggle against cyber-criminality and terrorism, news agency UNIAN reports, referring to Nalyvaychenko’s remarks speaking to the press. The SBU head marked that cybercrime issues had especial importance for the security service in conncection eith the forthcoming presidential elections. “For us it is a pending matter also in connection with the fact that we have promised to not allow any crime in computer system of the Central Electoral Commission and any crime in the register of voters, and during count of votes,we shall make everything to do so”.
Speaking on the topic of struggle against terrorism, he noted that during the meeting arrangements on holding in 2010 of conferences, seminars, joint exercises which can raise readiness of the Security Service for counteraction to displays of terrorism had been reached. “We are proud that here it is not so much NATO, but we are able to help them with counteraction to terrorism, thus protecting our citizens”, he emphasized. Nalyvaychenko added that in Ukraine by means of the NATO member-countries a special antiterrorist range had been arranged to which the SBU invited special-task units from neighbouring countries for carrying out of exercises, in such a way contributing to regional security. Besides the SBU and NATO have been already conducting operative cooperation in questions of struggle against terrorism, communicating, having the general lists of the persons involved in terrorist activity, etc.
The chairman of the Security Service supported strengthening of responsibility for terrorism. He also noted that for today the service had not enough powers for reaction to distribution of extremist literature.
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