“Militants become more arrogant because the state loses control over them”

19 Aug, 2009 15:25 / Updated 15 years ago

Confrontation between the police and ordinary people only inspires militants, says Sergey Arutyunov from the Russian Academy of Science. So the anti-terror operation must be based on the reinforcement of law, he told RT.

“One cannot fight anti-law and anti-social action with unlawful methods and the police are often using such methods,” Arutyunov, head of the Caucasian Studies Centre at the Russian Academy of Science said.