“It is clear that the death of al-Baghdadi is a strong blow to ISIS *. But this organization, after a territorial defeat in Iraq and Syria, was transformed into a network that organizes and inspires terrorist attacks in different countries of the world. This is a fairly stable design, ”RIA Novosti quoted Voronkov as saying.
He emphasized that at least 20 thousand terrorists are alive, and "the financial pillow of the IG is at least $ 300 million."
“There is still a long, painstaking and difficult fight against world terrorism,” concluded Voronkov.
Earlier, American leader Donald Trump announced the elimination of the leader of the IG.
In turn, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the agency does not have reliable information about the US military conducting an operation to destroy the leader of the Islamic State.
* “Islamic State” (IG) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.