Russian Ministry of Interior: IS shifting interests towards Armenia

“After the defeat in Syria and Iraq, the terrorist group ISIL shifts interests to the territory of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia,” the head of the Main Department for combating extremism of the Russian Ministry of internal Affairs Oleg Ilyin said.

Report informs citing the RIA Novosti that he spoke within the II international scientific and practical conference "Priorities of international cooperation in countering extremism and terrorism" held at the Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia named after V.YA. Kikot

According to Ilyin, the leaders of the banned group "Islamic state" in Russia are hatching plans to form a global terrorist network, sleeping cells that would demonstrate the ability to carry out terrorist attacks around the world.

"The strategic defeat of the Caliphate in Syria and Iraq leads the shift of the interests of Islamic state to the territory of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia," the head of the Department said.