PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, July 3. /TASS/. Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev has said transport infrastructure facilities in Russia’s Far East continue to be vulnerable to terrorist attacks.

"Transport infrastructure facilities and transport vehicles continue to be potentially dangerous in terms of their vulnerability to unlawful interference acts, including terrorist attacks," Patrushev said at a meeting dedicated to transport security issues.

According to Patrushev, the measures that had been taken made it possible to prevent the situation at the local transport facilities from deteriorating in recent years.

He criticized the work to assess the vulnerability of transport infrastructure facilities, adding that only 92% of the regional transport facilities had gone through the classification procedure and less than one one-third of them were assessed for vulnerability.

Patrushev has said insufficient counter-terrorism protection of joint airfields in Russia’s Far East is a source of concern.

"The shortcomings in the airports’ emergency and rescue services identified during inspections along with the flaws in the airfields' counter-terrorism protection, especially joint airfields, is a source of concern," he stressed at a meeting dedicated to transport security issues.

Patrushev pointed to a large number of water transport accidents resulting in loss of life. As for automobile transportation, he said road traffic death rate had grown 12% last year. "This is not only a consequence of traffic rules violations. This is also the result of poor road conditions, unequipped pedestrian crossings and the lack of necessary equipment to eliminate the emergencies and provide emergency medical care to the victims," he stressed.

"Regional authorities, state control and supervision bodies should, without delay, take inventory of the system to ensure the population’s safety for all types of transport," Patrushev said.