The Ukrainian Institute of Research of Extremism says that the number of acts of terror in Ukraine in 2017 has decreased compared to 2016, but they have become "more violent, targeted and symbolic."
The leaders of the G7 – the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, and Japan – stand united in the fight against terrorism, according the G7 Taormina Statement on the fight against terrorism and violent extremism.
Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky court has rejected a lawsuit filed by the Jehovah's Witnesses religious group against the Justice Ministry's ruling on banning its activity in Russia, according to the Russian news agency TASS.