Jihadist threat to Russia over Syria airstrikes

The so-called Islamic State and other jihadist groups are calling on Muslims to attack Russia, as Moscow continues its air campaign in Syria

MAIN RUSSIAN REGIONS WITH MUSLIM POPULATIONS

Moscow:

0.6m

Kazan

RUSSIA

Ufa

Tatarstan:

2.2m

River

Volga

Karachaevo-

Cherkessia:

500km

0.3m

300 miles

Bashkortostan:

2.4m

UKRAINE

Russia

total 16.4m

KAZAKHSTAN

Crimea

11.7% of

population

Adygea:

0.1m

Ingushetia:

0.5m

Chechnya:

1.2m

UZBEKISTAN

Black Sea

Caspian

Sea

Dagestan:

2.7m

GEORGIA

Kabardino-

Balkaria:

0.8m

“TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS” BANNED BY RUSSIA

Islamic State (IS):

Active in Russia:

Banned in Feb 2015

due to perceived threat

of Russian nationals

returning after fighting

with militants in Syria

and Iraq

Largest is Caucasus

Emirate group, which

has Jaish al-Muhajireen

wal-Ansar (JMA)

affiliate in Syria

Egypt-based groups:

Al Qaeda and

Egyptian Islamic Jihad,

Muslim Brotherhood,

Al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya

Al Qaeda in the Islamic

Maghreb

Other groups:

Middle East groups:

Taliban, Islamic Movement

of Uzbekistan, Right

Sector (Crimea), and

Hizb ut-Tahrir (pan-

Islamic movement)

Al Qaeda’s Syrian

affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra

and Lebanon-based

Jund al-Sham (Soldiers

of the Levant)

Sources: Pew Research Centre, wire agencies

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Jihadist threat to Russia over Syria airstrikes

The so-called Islamic State and other jihadist groups are calling on Muslims to attack Russia, as Moscow continues its air campaign in Syria

MAIN RUSSIAN REGIONS WITH MUSLIM POPULATIONS

Moscow:

0.6m

Kazan

RUSSIA

Ufa

Tatarstan:

2.2m

River

Volga

Karachaevo-

Cherkessia:

500km

0.3m

300 miles

Bashkortostan:

2.4m

UKRAINE

Russia

total 16.4m

KAZAKHSTAN

Crimea

11.7% of

population

Ingushetia:

0.5m

Adygea:

0.1m

Chechnya:

1.2m

UZBEKISTAN

Black Sea

Caspian

Sea

Dagestan:

2.7m

GEORGIA

Kabardino-

Balkaria:

0.8m

“TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS” BANNED BY RUSSIA

Islamic State (IS):

Banned in Feb 2015 due to perceived

threat of Russian nationals returning after

fighting with militants in Syria and Iraq

Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda in

the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)

Middle East groups:

Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate Jabhat

al-Nusra and Lebanon-based Jund

al-Sham (Soldiers of the Levant)

Active in Russia:

Largest is Caucasus Emirate group,

which has Jaish al-Muhajireen

wal-Ansar (JMA) affiliate in Syria

Egypt-based groups:

Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Muslim

Brotherhood, Al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya

Other groups:

Taliban, Islamic Movement of

Uzbekistan, Right Sector

(Crimea), and Hizb ut-Tahrir

(pan-Islamic movement)

Sources: Pew Research Centre, wire agencies

Jihadist threat to Russia over Syria airstrikes

The so-called Islamic State and other jihadist groups are calling on Muslims to attack Russia, as Moscow continues its air campaign in Syria

MAIN RUSSIAN REGIONS

WITH MUSLIM POPULATIONS

Moscow:

0.6m

RUSSIA

Tatarstan:

2.2m

Karachaevo-

Cherkessia:

0.3m

Bashkortostan:

2.4m

KAZAKHSTAN

Ingushetia:

0.5m

Adygea:

0.1m

Chechnya:

1.2m

Caspian

Sea

GEORGIA

Kabardino-

Balkaria:

0.8m

Dagestan:

2.7m

“TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS”

BANNED BY RUSSIA

Islamic State (IS):

Banned in

Feb 2015 due to perceived threat of

Russian nationals returning after

fighting with militants in Syria and Iraq

Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda in

the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)

Middle East groups:

Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate Jabhat

al-Nusra and Lebanon-based Jund

al-Sham (Soldiers of the Levant)

Active in Russia:

Largest is Caucasus Emirate group,

which has Jaish al-Muhajireen

wal-Ansar (JMA) affiliate in Syria

Egypt-based groups:

Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Muslim

Brotherhood, Al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya

Other groups:

Taliban, Islamic Movement of

Uzbekistan, Right Sector (Crimea),

and Hizb ut-Tahrir (pan-Islamic

movement)

Sources: Pew Research

Centre, wire agencies