Islamic State Menaces Dagestan

http://carnegie.ru/commentary/?fa=62528&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRousqnOZKXonjHpfsX57uQsW6Sg38431UFwdcjKPmjr1YsGRcB0aPyQAgobGp5I5FEIQ7XYTLB2t60MWA%3D%3D

Islamic State Menaces Dagestan

Alexey Malashenko

The Russian authorities have been reluctant to admit that an attack in southern Dagestan on the eve of New Year was the work of Islamic State. The organization is making a bid to play a role in the North Caucasus. The specter of the feared Middle Eastern group, the so-called Islamic State (IS), is now stalking the North Caucasus.
The organization claimed responsibility for a terrorist attack on the night of December 29 inside the fortress that towers over the ancient city of Derbent in southern Dagestan. Assailants killed a Russian border guard officer and wounded eleven other people. http://carnegie.ru/commentary/?fa=62528&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRousqnOZKXonjHpfsX57uQsW6Sg38431UFwdcjKPmjr1YsGRcB0aPyQAgobGp5I5FEIQ7XYTLB2t60MWA%3D%3D