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| Russian spy beheaded by ISIS was orphan 'recruited by secret service after being caught with drugs' | ||||
| 2015-12-05 | ||||
| The Russian spy beheaded by ISIS was an orphan who was recruited by secret service and sent to Syria after being caught with drugs, MailOnline can reveal. Magomed Khasiev confessed on video to being recruited by Russian intelligence before going to Syria and working undercover for the Federal Security Service (FSB). The brutal execution was carried out by a Russian-speaking terrorist who addressed President Vladimir Putin directly and vowed to unleash murderous attacks on Moscow. Now, MailOnline can reveal Khasiev was born in Chelyabinsk, in the Russian Urals mountains but orphaned aged nine and raised by adoptive parents in Chechnya. The following year he became a Muslim and went on to study law at Maykop Polytechnic college, in the small Russian region of Adygea. Khasiev, born Yevgeny Yudin before taking the name of his adoptive mother, is said to have ended up in Syria after being recruited by Russia's Federal Security Service, the FSB. In February last year he was caught in possession of prescription medication, lyrica pills, and was known to have links to drug dealers. Khasiev is said to have done a deal with the FSB to avoid prosecution, it is claimed.
Anton Naumlyuk, a journalist from Radio Svoboda, said: 'In summer 2014 (he) was caught by FSB people having drugs on him.' 'Khasiev was sent to ISIS via Turkey. From there he was in touch with the FSB and passed information about those who were intended to go to Syria - and who had already got there,' said Naumlyuk on Facebook. 'The last time he passed information about a student of a medical college.' It is thought Khasiev was suspected of being a spy by ISIS after Russian medical students were arrested and convicted for assisting ISIS. On his execution video, Khasiev looked into the camera and said: 'During all this time I contacted FSB of Russia five times and passed information about six brothers. 'And when I contacted FSB the last time, I passed information about brother (name is bleeped out) who studied in a medical institute. 'During the last contact, Shamil [the fixer] told me to wait. And I understood that I had to wait for further instructions. 'But I couldn't wait or pass information any further because I was caught and completely exposed by officials of the security service of the caliphate.' The beheading is believed to have been in Raqqa, ISIS de facto capital. As Khasiev knelt beside a lake, his ISIS executioner, spoke in a Russian: 'Here today, on this blessed land, the battle [against Russia] begins.' 'We shall kill your children for every child you've killed here.' The FSB has not yet commented on the claims -
'Most probably, the executed man had nothing to do with our intelligence. A few factors prove that,' the source told Interfax. 'If the militants had really found a spy, they 'undoubtedly' would have used him as a negotiating pawn. It would have been more beneficial than simply killing him,' they added.
Meanwhile Ramzan Kadyrov, a close ally of Putin, has vowed to avenge the execution. The Chechen leader said: 'Yes he is a Russian citizen, a Chechen, and he was beheaded. 'Chechens will remember. We know and won't forget it. Those who stabbed our citizen are a threat to the security of our state. They won't live long. We'll send them to the better world and will give them one way ticket.' | ||||
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 hope he really was a spy. that would guarantee a russian retaliation |
| Posted by: anon1 2015-12-05 09:50 |