Russian parliament urges new anti-terror laws

The Russian parliament’s upper house wants new anti-terror legislation to include stricter penalties for people who aid terrorists and for officials whose negligence results in terrorist attacks, the Interfax news agency reported today.

The Kremlin-controlled Federation Council is expected to meet next week to consider draft anti-terror legislation, which comes in response to a series of dramatic attacks in Russia that have killed more than 430 people in the past month.