Aleksandr Gutsan
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Prosecutor General · Russia
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“The crime rate last year was registered at a record low in the history of modern Russia - just over 1,200 crimes per 100,000 people. In total, 1,771,000 crimes were registered”
English: English as published by TASS (English service), 15 April 2026. Original-language text not found.
Gutsan's first annual report to the Federation Council as Prosecutor General, a post he took up in September 2025. Other reports of the same speech (Parlamentskaya Gazeta) quote him on rising extremist and terrorist offences.
Annual report of Prosecutor General Aleksandr Gutsan to the Federation Council on the state of law and order, 15 April 2026, as quoted by TASS Source
“Promoting such ideas among young people, which undoubtedly undermine moral foundations, often takes place under the guise of pseudo-humanitarian projects funded from abroad”
Original (Russian)
Продвижение в молодежной среде подобных идей, безусловно, подрывающих нравственные устои, во многих случаях происходит под прикрытием финансируемых из-за рубежа псевдогуманитарных проектов
English: English as published by TASS (English service), 1 October 2026; Russian as published by News.ru from the Prosecutor General's Office press service
Gutsan said that 90% of foreign and international organisations designated 'undesirable' in Russia had a detrimental effect on young people through education and outreach. Russian law allows the Prosecutor General's Office to designate foreign organisations 'undesirable'; the designation criminalises participation in their activity. Rights groups and several foreign governments criticise the law.
Report by Prosecutor General Aleksandr Gutsan at the 24th SCO prosecutors general meeting, Kazan, 1 October 2026, as quoted by TASS and News.ru Source
“deliberately instilled cultural and moral nihilism among teenagers and systematically created conditions for their radicalization”
English: English as published by TASS (English service), 1 October 2026. Original-language text not found.
Gutsan gave Bard College, a US institution, as an example of an organisation designated 'undesirable' in Russia; TASS adds that he said its projects in Russia had been discontinued following the decision.
Report by Prosecutor General Aleksandr Gutsan at the 24th SCO prosecutors general meeting, Kazan, 1 October 2026, as quoted by TASS Source