Russian Intelligence Chief: Taliban, And Islamic State Fighters May Invade Central Asia. Claims These Groups Are Being Used By 'World Powers'

Alexander Bortnikov, the head of Russia's intelligence service FSB, said the threat of Taliban or ISIS invading Central Asia was increasing. In this photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) reviews Russian naval ships in the Crimean port of Sevastopol on May 9, 2014, with Bortnikov (right) and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (left). Getty Images/AFP/Yuri Kadobnov

IBTimes: ISIS Threat To Central Asia Has Increased, Russia's Intelligence Chief Warns: Report

A Russian intelligence official warned Wednesday that there was an increased risk of fighters from the Taliban and the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, invading Central Asia, Sputnik News, a state-run news agency, reported, citing the head of Russian Federal Security Service, Alexander Bortnikov.

Bortnikov made the announcement of the ISIS threat during a security session with special services from the Commonwealth of Independent States on Wednesday.

“The international community has now hit a new geopolitical challenge, an international criminal group in the name of the Islamic State. This project, which grew out of the ‘Arab Spring,’ has gained momentum thanks to the double [political] standards of certain world regional powers by using ‘a terrorist battering ram’ to reach their own strategic goals in Asia and Africa," he said, according to Sputnik News.

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