Under the Soviet system, movement was strictly controlled. Now, though, Russians are moving back to Russia, non-Russians are sneaking into Russia for work, and Muslims leave Russia for Syria and Iraq.
The latter movement is of greatest concern. “It involves those who have gone to Syria or elsewhere in the Middle East to fight for the Islamic State or other radical groups and who are then returning home, where they will continue their fight or recruit others. Russian officials, from President Vladimir Putin on down, suggest that there are only a few thousand of these, but regional experts say that Moscow is understating the problem by a factor of at least ten. The Kremlin says there are only 500 Dagestanis in the ranks of the Islamic State; whereas, local experts say the figure is 5,000 or even more (Onkavkaz.com, December 7).”
http://www.jamestown.org/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=44873&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7#.VmiZ8WDMs5s
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has a number of stories concerning Islamist attacks in North Caucasus.
http://www.rferl.org/section/North_Caucasus/167.html
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