Russia arrests seven Daesh militants, thwarts terrorist attacks
Russian security forces have detained seven Daesh terrorists who were planning to launch terrorist attacks in several cities across Russia.
Russia's FSB security police said on Monday that they arrested the Takfiri militants who included Russian nationals and citizens of Central Asian states in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, according to Interfax news agency.
The terrorists were planning terrorist attacks in the capital Moscow and the city of St Petersburg as well as the Sverdlovsk region in the Urals, the FSB added.
The security agency further said, without giving further details, that the group was led by a Daesh militant who had arrived from Turkey.
The news comes a few days after Andrey Przhezdomsky, spokesman for the National Anti-Terrorism Committee of Russia, said terror cells affiliated with Daesh Takfiri terrorists are planning to carry out attacks in Russia and Europe.
Przhezdomsky also said on January 29 that Russian border guards and security forces are doing their best to stop the flow of terrorists to and from Syria through Turkey. "In 2015, we stopped more than 100 Russian citizens from leaving [Russia] to join the ranks of militants.”
Moscow says an estimated 5,000 to 7,000 militants hailing from former Soviet countries have joined Daesh, which is mainly operating in Syria and Iraq.
Russia has been conducting airstrikes on the positions of Daesh and other militant groups in Syria based on a request by the government in Damascus since September 30 last year. Russian President Vladimir Putin had said before the beginning of the attacks that military action was needed to block the return of Russian nationals fighting alongside the ranks of Daesh in Syria.
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