Interesting views & analysis. The article fails to explain 2 major issues and points:
1) Ex-Soviet “Stans” one or two more than others are where you’d find pro-ISIS sympathizers, in that part of Russia nowadays. But today’s Russia doesn’t like to keep Islamists in Russia. They are dealt with decisively, when possible & found out. In old Russia i.e. the USSR, they were kept in check even more.
Furthermore, most Islamists do not immigrate, and have never immigrated to Russia; not willingly. The same applies to when Russia was the USSR. They immigrated and were permitted to do so to the West.
Many Iranian Regime mullahs and their cronies, communists, and Islamofascist included, have been in the USA and Western world, and have business & personal investments in the West for 3 decades at least. Not so much in Russia.
2) Let’s assume the USSR back in 1978-79 was responsible for installing the Mullahs regime in Iran. Then again, we know James E. Carter Jr was the U.S. president at the time. and Iran back then was rather closely allied to the U.S.
More importantly, Why is it that after nearly 4 decades, successive U.S. administrations, Democrat or Republican have failed to address the Islamist issue in Iran?
The above are fundamental questions which I’m waiting for the author and Frontpagemag to address in-depth.
The Russians had no problem with entertaining Zawahiri inside the country.
Nobody wants to immigrate to Russia; even Russians aren’t that fond of it.
And why would Russia want the expense of supporting its own Islamic operatives when it can use the welfare systems of the west to feed and clothe them? All it need provide is training, and keep on helping western socialists milk their countries dry with welfare programs to support the parasites.