"...Margelov suggested a delicate factor in the Kremlin's approach to Iran was concern about potential Islamist subversion among Russia's Muslim minorities."We have to play chess with them. We do not believe, in our oriental policy, in playing rugby, .... They are our neighbor -- our difficult neighbor – and believe me through the 1990s we still do not know how many Islamic sport camps have they deployed in Tatarstan, Bashkortostan and the Caucasus...... It's difficult to do politics in the Oriental countries, and we know that."
The Kremlin is struggling to contain a growing Islamist insurgency in its North Caucasus region. ..."
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