MOSCOW, June 2. /TASS/. The overall number of terrorism-related crimes in Russia over the past few years has been down nearly 90%, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said at a special meeting timed for the SC’s 25th anniversary.

Patrushev said the enforcement of Security Council decisions eased the level of the terrorist threat in Russian territory.

"The total number of terrorism-related crimes over the past five years shrank nearly 90%," Patrushev said.

He added that "these results are extremely important against the background of ever more frequent manifestations of terrorism abroad, including the European countries."