Special Envoy of Russia's President to the Middle East and Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Sultanov hailed the fatwa (religious edict) issued by Saudi Arabia's Senior Scholars' Commission on criminalizing terrorism financing. He described the fatwa as part of the measures and efforts exerted by the kingdom to fight terrorism praising the cooperation between the two countries in the field of fighting terrorism. The remarks by Sultanov came today when he received a delegation of the Shoura Council currently visiting Russia.