Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the Russian FSB spy agency, today warned that despite perceptions, ISIS recruitment is not a problem predominantly of Western Europe.
Bortnikov says that his government believes some 1,700 Russian citizens are now fighting in Iraq and Syria, and that this number has almost doubled in the past year.
The bulk of these fighters are coming from the Russian Federation’s North Caucasus, including places like Chechnya and Dagestan. They are also seeing some ISIS recruits coming from recent converts elsewhere, however.
Russia is a long-time ally of the Assad government in Syria, and has been backing them in the civil war. This may have played a role in luring Islamist groups, particularly those resenting Russia after the wars in Chechnya, into joining ISIS to undermine a Russian ally.
When the Russians broke free of their dictatorship, they should have given socialism a chance to survive and prosper, for just look at how satanic has become their rich man’s paradise. For $144 billion, should Putin have ever been allowed to hoard $144 billion?
For owning wealth is having property above what you need for a rewarding and healthy lifestyle, with such excessive ownership being the root cause of all greed. For wealth owns you body and soul, as you have no choice but to kill to protect your wealth.
Re: "should Putin have ever been allowed to hoard $144 billion?"
Allegations of that sort need some sort of support, and I don't mean repeated assertion from proven liars.
John? I hope you don't know how much money is on my bank account.Maybe you know how much Obama has ?
Johnny you are full of it
This sounds like an encouragement to the US to crack down on Putin in Ukraine. If Russians are fighting US troops in Iraq, there's no reason not to fight Russian mercenaries in Ukraine.