The Ministry of Justice plans to establish a dedicated database housing extremist materials. A draft outline released by the department, as reported by Assembly newspaper, indicates that the National Interest Protection Department will be the custodian of the database. This arrangement places a strong emphasis on safeguarding the system at the state level and ensuring proper governance over the information it contains.
According to Vasily Piskarev, the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption, the new repository is expected to boost the effectiveness of operational search activities and investigative actions. It will also support the development of preventive measures aimed at countering extremism and terrorism, aligning with broader public safety goals. In this framing, the database is viewed as a tool to streamline coordination among authorities and improve visibility into potential threats so that interventions can be timely and appropriately targeted [citation].
The information stored in the database will be classified as restricted access. Beyond the Ministry of Justice, other key agencies will have authorized access to the resource as needed. These include the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Prosecutor General’s Office, the Federal Security Service, the Investigative Committee, Roskomnadzor, Rosfinmonitoring, the Federal Customs Service, the National Guard, and the Supreme Court. This multi-agency access model is designed to enable a rapid, joint response to security concerns while maintaining strict controls over who can view sensitive material [citation].
There have been prior disclosures about the Ministry of Internal Affairs maintaining a search base that includes a card on an individual named Ilya Bogdanov, who is suspected of involvement in a terrorist incident in the Bryansk region. The new database could complement these existing efforts by offering a centralized reference point for related cases and indicators of extremist activity, thus supporting both ongoing investigations and preventive work across agencies [citation].