At the meeting of the National Counter-Terrorist Committee, which President Medvedev held February 22, 2011, visiting Vladikavkaz, the Russian Head of State said: "A series of riots in the Middle East will have a "direct impact" on the situation in Russia, but in any case" such a scenario will not work.” According to the President "the situation that prevailed in the Middle East and Arab world - is heavy and there are a lot of difficulties to be solved ahead."

In some cases, the President of Russia emphasized, that we could talk about the decay of these countries "into small pieces. " "The situation in these states are very difficult, it is likely that there will be complex events, including the arrival of the fanatics into power. Such a scenario they had prepared for us, and even more so now they will try to implement it - in any case, this scenario will not work "- the President said.

According to Dmitry Medvedev, what is happening in the Middle East will have a direct impact on the situation in Russia.

Talking about the problem of terrorism in Russia, the President noted the need to develop the North Caucasus regions, implementing social programs and creating jobs, as well as the development of educational programs and the broadest support of Russian Islam.

The Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stressed the need to develop methods to combat extremists, including religious methods, in the Internet, instead of blocking access to the World Wide Web. At the meeting of the National Counterterrorist Committee President Medvedev emphasized that the conduction of anti-terrorist activities should be implemented jointly with the creation of special resources. "We need to create our own websites, we need to be present in the networks, need to establish religious sites, giving the opportunity to Muslim preachers to speak, and in general to all interested parties” - the Head of the State said. The President suggested that despite the fact that the work on the Internet is rather uneasy work, it is necessary to learn to work in this environment, it is necessary, despite the fact that sometimes there can be rudeness, insults, frank extremist appeals. "But that does not mean that you should do, as it is done in some states today: to block Internet, to cut global communications and to try with the armed forces to negotiate with its own people. This is a road to nowhere, in fact - it is a crime ", - Dmitry Medvedev said.

22.02.2011