Russia maintained counter-terrorism cooperation with the United States in 2016 despite the difficulties in the bilateral relationship, but this cooperation was of a limited nature, according to an annual report on global counterterrorism, published by the United States Department of State on July 19.
“Despite the tensions in the overall bilateral relationship with the United States, Russian security services have engaged in a limited amount of cooperation on counterterrorism matters,” the document says.
“Russia continued to disseminate threat information and occasionally responded to requests for information, although its responses were often not substantive or timely,” the report says.
The two countries’ law enforcement agencies continued to cooperate on the case over the Boston marathon attacks. In addition, Russia “requested information from the FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation] pertaining to the downing of the Russian charter plane in Egypt in October 2015,” the report says.
“The FSB requested the FBI’s assistance regarding security preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup,” the report says.
