Putin tells secret services to boost security at home, abroad

Russian President Vladimir Putin today ordered his secret services to boost security at home and abroad after the killing of Moscow’s envoy in Ankara and an attack on a Christmas market in Berlin.

“I ask the special services to take additional measures to ensure security inside Russia and outside, to raise the security of Russian institutions and employees abroad,” Russian news wires are quoting Putin as saying to security bosses, adding they should “strengthen their work” with intelligence agencies from other countries.

— AFP