Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service accuses the US of training militant Islamists to attack targets in Russia and on the territory of the former Soviet Union. The SVR said it had information that 60 fighters from groups affiliated with Islamic State and Al-Qaeda had been recruited by the US military. They would be trained at a US base in Syria.
“They are tasked with preparing and executing terrorist attacks against diplomats, officials, law enforcement and members of the armed forces,” the agency said.
Are immigrants being recruited?
The SVR explained that particular attention was paid to recruiting immigrants from Russia’s North Caucasus and Central Asia, without providing any evidence. Once part of the Soviet secret service KGB, the SVR is headed by Sergei Naryshkin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, who himself ran Russia’s domestic intelligence service, the FSB.
The United States is calling on its citizens to leave Russia immediately
Meanwhile, the US has called on its citizens to leave Russia immediately. The US embassy in Moscow said there was a risk of arbitrary arrest or intimidation by Russian law enforcement agencies. “U.S. citizens living or traveling in Russia must leave immediately. Extra caution is required because of the risk of wrongful detention. Don’t go to Russia.”
The US has repeatedly urged its citizens to leave Russia, most recently in September after President Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilization. Russian security services have arrested, harassed, denied fair and transparent treatment and sentenced US citizens on false charges in secret trials or without providing credible evidence, the US embassy said.
Source: Krone
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