Moscow, Sept 14, SPA -- Russia announced Tuesday it was pouring 157 billion rubles (US$5.4 billion, ¤4.4 billion) in additionalfunding into its security agencies, the first concrete newstep in the anti-terrorism battle that President VladimirPutin has called the country's No. 1 priority. "The fight against terrorism requires a long-rangeperspective," Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said inannouncing the funding, ITAR Tass news agency said a dayafter Putin proposed a major extension of Kremlin controlover Russia's political and security structures. Russia's main security agencies _ the Federal SecurityService, Interior Ministry and Foreign Intelligence Service_ will split an additional 50 billion rubles (US$1.71billion, ¤1.39 billion) in funding. The Defense Ministrywill receive an additional 107 billion rubles (US$3.66billion, ¤2.99 billion), ITAR-Tass reported, citing Kudrin. Kudrin had already committed 2 billion rubles (US$68.5,¤56.6) in next year's budget to a new anti-terrorismprogram that would be used to increase security in publicplaces, including Moscow's subway system.--SP1438 Local Time 1138 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/201465