“Of course there were,” the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper cites Naryshkin’s answer to the question of whether intelligence had information about the preparations for the January events in Kazakhstan.
According to him, militants from gangs of terrorist groups defeated in Syria, including the Islamic State *, have moved to the countries of Central Asia.
He noted that it is also known under whose patronage this movement took place.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Kazakhstan was the victim of international gangs in January.
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"Islamic State" (ISIS, ISIS) - an organization recognized as a terrorist organization by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.