MOSCOW, April 28 (RIA Novosti) - Terrorist attacks averted by Russia's security forces in the south of the country were ordered by networks in the Mideast and Central Asia, a senior security-service official said Friday.
"It has been established that funds for the organization of terrorist attacks were sent via a contact in the North Caucasus by customers from international terrorist centers in the Middle East and Central Asia," said Vladimir Bulavin, deputy director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and chief of staff of the National Counter-Terrorism Committee.
Security forces said Thursday they had destroyed a group of militants in the North Caucasus republic of Karachai-Circassia who were preparing a series of attacks for May 9, a major public holiday when Russia celebrates victory in the Second World War.
