Russian military intelligence chief blames US for rising extremism

 

Colonel-General Igor Sergun, the head of Russian military intelligence, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, said that Islamic extremism had started rising in the 1980s with the help of Western countries using terrorists for own goals, RIA Novosti reports.In particular, he blamed the US and other NATO members, some countries of the Middle East and Central Asia. In his words, separate Mujahedin groups were being armed to resist Soviet forces in Afghanistan, later uniting into larger terrorist groups and movements.Sergun said that Washington and its allies provided financial and military support to get rid of the Syrian regime, creating the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the Al-Nusra Front. Similar repercussions happened in Libya.The general noted that pandering to extremists and the policy of controlled chaos will lead to unpredictable results.

 

Colonel-General Igor Sergun, the head of Russian military intelligence, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, said that Islamic extremism had started rising in the 1980s with the help of Western countries using terrorists for their own goals, RIA Novosti reports.

In particular, he blamed the US and other NATO members, some countries of the Middle East and Central Asia. In his words, separate Mujahedin groups were being armed to resist Soviet forces in Afghanistan, later uniting into larger terrorist groups and movements.

Sergun said that Washington and its allies provided financial and military support to get rid of the Syrian regime, creating the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the Al-Nusra Front. Similar repercussions happened in Libya.

The general noted that pandering to extremists and the policy of controlled chaos will lead to unpredictable results.