Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said that possible places of recruitment to IS are well known to the Russian law enforcement authorities.
"The places of recruitment and the heads of 'recruitment offices' are well known to the Russian law enforcement authorities, and not just in Moscow. All these places are under surveillance," RIA Novosti cited him.
He declined to disclose possible places where Russian and foreign citizens were recruited for "jihad" and said that the information was classified.
He noted that "in the past few months, the Russian law enforcement authorities have seized several dozen people on suspicion of terrorism. According to Russian Interior Minister, 15 members of terrorist groups have been killed.
Russia is concerned about new sources of instability threatening the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member countries, in particular, Islamic State. The police have drawn up an anti-terrorism strategy for the period until 2025 and are extremely interested in cooperating with SCO colleagues, he added.
