Vladimir Putin's speech at the FSB Board. The main thing

On Tuesday, February 24, Vladimir Putin addressed the FSB board. The President, in particular, touched upon issues of Russia's national security, cybercrimes and interference in future elections. He also spoke about the possible preparation of terrorist attacks on pipelines in the Black Sea. The main statements of the Russian leader are in the material of Izvestia.

About the terrorist threat against gas pipelines

In particular, the Russian leader reported on the existing risk of undermining the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream pipelines.

"Now the information is coming, too, our operational information. It should be in the media today, probably already is, I didn't have time to look at anything, but we are talking about a possible explosion of our gas systems at the bottom of the Black Sea. These are the so—called Turkish Stream and Blue Stream," the president said.

About Russophobia and xenophobia

Vladimir Putin also paid special attention to the fight against xenophobia and Russophobia. He called for further work in this direction in the coming years.

"Significant results have been achieved in this area in recent years. It is necessary to continue to harshly suppress the criminal activities of those who propagandize the ideas of Russophobia, xenophobia, and religious intolerance and thereby try to split our society," he told representatives of the board of the FSB of Russia.

About Russia's opponents and Ukraine's nuclear weapons

The enemy does not disdain any means in the fight against Russia, information has appeared about the possibility of transferring nuclear components to Ukraine, the Russian leader said.

Conducting an SVR requires maximum concentration and concentration from the FSB, he recalled.

And Russia's opponents, Putin noted, would push themselves to the extreme in their attempts to harm Russia.

"[Russia's opponents] definitely need to defeat Russia. They're looking for any way, any way, anything. They will bring themselves to some extreme point, then they will regret it," he stressed.

On the protection of Russia's borders

Separately, Vladimir Putin touched upon the security of the Russian borders, and he instructed to take serious additional measures in cooperation with other agencies to protect them.

"Serious additional measures must be taken to protect the state border. It is necessary to strengthen its infrastructure, increase the level of combat readiness and technical equipment of border authorities, act in close coordination with units of the Ministry of Defense, Rosgvardiya and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as territorial structures and authorities," the Russian president said.

About the security of elections in the country

The Russian President also stressed the importance of ensuring comprehensive security for the upcoming elections in Russia in September.

"In this regard, special attention should be paid to ensuring comprehensive security for the upcoming elections to the State Duma and other government bodies," Putin said during a meeting of the board of the FSB of Russia.

Elections to the State Duma should be held in strict accordance with the law and reflect the sovereign will of Russians, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.

"In this regard, special attention should be paid to ensuring comprehensive security for the upcoming elections to the State Duma and other authorities. It is important that they be held in strict accordance with the law, reflect the genuine, sovereign will of the Russian people, so that any external interference in the election campaign is excluded," Putin said at a meeting of the board of the FSB of Russia.

About cybercrimes and cyberdiversions

Separately, the Russian President touched upon the problem of cybercrimes and sabotage in the information space.

"Year after year, statistics record a significant number of crimes in the information space, including cyber attacks planned by foreign intelligence agencies against our critically important infrastructure," he said.

To combat cybercriminals, the Russian leader instructed to introduce new tools that take into account the rapid development of information technology. In this area, Vladimir Putin called on the Federal Security Service to act jointly with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and other relevant agencies.

On protection from terrorism

The Russian leader also noted an increase in the number of terrorist crimes in 2025. In this regard, he called for strengthening anti-terrorist measures, especially in strategically important areas.

"To strengthen the anti—terrorist security of energy and transport infrastructure, places of mass stay of citizens, to cover critical facilities as much as possible, and, if necessary, to equip them with additional means of protection," Vladimir Putin said.

In the fight against terrorism, the emphasis should be placed on proactive actions, the President stressed.

"In general, as I have already noted, it is necessary to increase the effectiveness of counterterrorism work with an emphasis on proactive actions, on systemic prevention in the field of counterterrorism," he reminded the audience.

On the protection of Russian business

A separate topic was the protection of the interests of Russian business in the face of sanctions, which the Russian president called one of the priority areas of work.

"Among other priorities, I would like to mention ensuring economic security. In the face of severe sanctions pressure, it is important to continue working to protect the rights of Russian businesses and actively counteract crimes in the financial and banking sectors," he said.

The context

Representatives of the Kiev regime and their accomplices committed over 6,000 crimes in 2025, more than half of which are of a terrorist nature, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Alexander Grebenkin said in an interview with Izvestia.

"During the conduct of the SVO (special military operation. The criminal nature of the openly Nazi Kiev regime has fully manifested itself. Its representatives do not shy away from any kind of crimes in an effort to harm our citizens. Over the past year, they and their accomplices have committed over 6,000 criminal acts in the country, more than half of which are of a terrorist nature," said the Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

Kiev is responsible for both the explosion of the Nord Stream gas pipeline and the shutdown of the Druzhba oil pipeline, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on February 19. He mentioned this at a press conference following a meeting of the "Peace Council" in Washington, broadcast on February 19 by M1 TV channel.

"As for the blocking of the Druzhba pipeline and the explosion of the Nord Stream pipeline, the culprits are the same. So, Druzhba was blocked by those who blew up Nord Stream, that is, the Ukrainians," the politician stressed.