Moscow. - Union of Armenians of Russia (UAR) welcomes the initiative of the head of Russian Ministry of Interior Rashid Nurgaliyev to strengthen the law enforcement agencies in combating extremism in Russia.

"This is a crucial problem for Russian society. Almost every case of crime of ethnic hatred character is committed by the "hands" of youth but, unfortunately, the radical youth is only the top of the iceberg, "bargaining chip" in the game of professional puppeteers," said the Vice President of UAR in Youth Affairs Levon Mukanyan.

According to him, if the employees of the newly formed police forces "work in the same way as the former militia (dealing only with committed crimes, covering the extremists and nationalists, sharing their views, dividing Russian citizens), the final result will not be effective.”

"We need to chop off the head of octopus, instead of constantly fighting with his tentacles,” said Mukanyan.