— Well, so that we don't get lost in the complex labyrinth of official relations, let's focus on the tasks of your specific area of work.

— I would like to emphasize that what I am talking about is not just formal refinements and transformations. All of this is aimed precisely at maximum facilitation and efficiency of service management. I head the Organizational-Operational Directorate in the Department. This is, first of all, the coordination of the activities of the Department's units, the anti-terrorism departments of the territorial security organs, as well as the coordination of the activities of the operational-combat units of the FSB of Russia. In addition, our directorate includes the anti-terrorism situational center—this is precisely where we are trying to somewhat restore those directions in the fight against terrorism that were lost. Information-analytical work, the development of models for anti-terrorist operations, and the preparation of possible negotiations with terrorists are concentrated here. In a combat situation, this is the normal working apparatus of the operational headquarters of the FSB of Russia for managing a counter-terrorist operation. True, it must be said that we are still only on the threshold of creating that ideal organization that we imagine, but it is important that if there had not been the above-mentioned transformations of the entire system of fighting terror, we would not have created anything like this... Well, so as not to tire the readers too much with all the complexities of the reorganization, I will focus on one quite understandable example. And then the full benefit of the new restructuring of our system will become clearer. I now have a deputy for aviation. It sounds a bit unusual, but here's the thing. The FSB now has its own aviation squadron: We moved toward this and fought for it for a very long time. With the collapse of the KGB of the USSR, we—it might be shameful to even talk about it—had no flight transport left. And when we sent our forces and resources to the sites of emergency situations, we had to simply beg for a plane. It is clear to anyone how much nerves and time must now be spent on this. And imagine what happens... Once we had to send guys from Murmansk to Dagestan. So they traveled by train to Moscow, then reloaded onto a plane, flew to Rostov. Then to Volgograd and only after that to Makhachkala. And these guys were flying to perform a combat mission!.. Our first plane made its first flight the other day, and believe me, this was a joyful event for us. Joyful because from now on we will work better, react more quickly to pain... Of course, it's not really our place to boast right now, but at the same time, we cannot fail to pay tribute to our colleagues, primarily from the operational-search directorate. Regarding the events in Moscow, Buinaksk, and Volgodonsk, the guys worked very well. The scheme of the crimes has been reconstructed by them almost completely. This gives not only confidence that we will find the criminals, but also that we will be able to predict the actions of those who have not abandoned attempts to commit new crimes. I am inclined to think that this success is also due to the reorganization of all our work.