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Video - Christian Russian News Channel Claims Tajik Migrants 'Recruiting For IS' In Yekaterinburg. (rferl).
A Russian news channel has aired a report claiming that Tajik labor migrants in Yekaterinburg are operating as recruiters for the Islamic State (IS) group.
The recruiters are distributing propaganda videos among Tajik labor migrants showing militants in Syria and Iraq, according to Tsargrad TV, a Russian Orthodox Christian channel that broadcasts via the YouTube video sharing platform.
According to the Tsargrad TV video report, which on March 27 had received more than 20,700 views, the recruiters promising money and a "carefree life" for those who travel to IS-controlled areas in Syria and Iraq. Tsargrad TV claimed that a Tajik militant known as Umar, who worked in Yekaterinburg's Tagansky Ryad market until 2012, is behind the propaganda.
The recruiters are operating in the same market and also in mosques, Tsargrad TV claimed.
However, the report did not offer any concrete evidence to support its claims.
While there is plenty of evidence showing that Central Asians fighting alongside IS have traveled to Syria and Iraq after spending time in Russia as labor migrants, some experts said the report could be another example of scaremongering, playing on Russian fears of the "Islamist threat" and foreign labor migrant radicalization.Read the full story here.
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