Last month, Gryzlov said the global economic crisis required Russia to reconsider the cost of maintaining the large number of Interior Ministry troops needed to enforce the counter-terrorism operation.
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Elsewhere in the U.S., theoperation can cost more than twice that.
It claims that thecost of a mobile phone call has fallen by 70% since the single market came into operation, and thecost of a plane ticket has fallen by 40%.