The so-called Islamic State (IS) is increasingly infiltrating Russia, threatening its security (Lenta.ru, June 24, 2015). It has been less than one year since the IS claimed to have a “province” in the North Caucasus (Polit.ru, June 24, 2015), and now the organization claims to have expanded beyond the “Caucasus Velayat.” The IS went on to establish its own network of cells in Russia. The same process took place in Iraq after 2006, when the Islamists gradually expanded their influence and became so strong in some areas that they could ignore authorities in Baghdad. In the North Caucasus, the IS …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation