ISIS looks to be making a concerted effort to recruit Russian - speaking militants . Commenting on the situation , Colonel General Andrei Novikov at the Commonwealth of united States counter - Terrorist organization said : “ According to experts , the Russian language is becoming , alongside Arabic and English , the main language of Daesh ##mash . ” The colonel backed Russian President Vladimir Putin ’s calls for greater international co - operation against ISIS . The Islamist extremist group increased its Russian - language propaganda efforts in mid-2015 , and it is estimated that several thousand militants from Russia and Central Asian states have gone to turkey and Iraq to join ISIS .
ISIS looks to be making a concerted effort to recruit Russian-speaking militants. Commenting on the situation, Colonel General Andrei Novikov at the Commonwealth of Independent States Anti-Terrorist Center said: “According to experts, the Russian language is becoming, alongside Arabic and English, the main language of Daesh propaganda.” The colonel backed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s calls for greater international co-operation against ISIS. The Islamist extremist group increased its Russian-language propaganda efforts in mid-2015, and it is estimated that several thousand fighters from Russia and Central Asian states have gone to Syria and Iraq to join ISIS.