In the midst of the 2006 conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, Russia's government declined to include Hezbollah in a newly released list of terrorist organizations, with Yuri Sapunov, the head of anti-terrorism for the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, saying that they list only organizations which represent "the greatest threat to the security of our country".
Mitt under konflikten mellan Hizbollah och Israel 2006 avböjde Rysslands regering att ta med Hizbollah i en nyligen utfärdad lista över terroristorganisationer, och FSB:s chef Jurij Sapunov, sade att de endast listar organisationer som utgör "det största hot mot vårt lands säkerhet".