MOSCOW - About 30,000 people are killed by criminals in Russia every year, another 20,000 die in hospitals as a result of injuries received in criminal attacks, State Duma Security Committee member Gennady Gudkov declared at an international conference devoted to security in Russia.

Moreover, according to him, law enforcement agencies find about 40,000 unidentified bodies annually.

Some 45,000 to 48,000 people disappear in the country every year and 19,000 people die in fires.

"We annually lose more people than the USSR lost in 10 years of combat in Afghanistan, and if we add the number of people who die in traffic accidents, there will be a large number of victims," he declared.