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| Daesh holds alleged Russian spy hostage |
| 2016-09-22 |
| [Long War Journal] Daesh's Furat Media Establishment has released a short video clip of a man who allegedly works for Russian intelligence. The Russian-speaking man is dressed in black with a badge that appears to read "infidel" on it. He identifies himself as Petrenko Ivgeniy Viktorovich and says he is a captain in the Russian intelligence service based in Moscow, an apparent reference to the Russian Federal Security Service. He does not say how or where he was captured. The man is made to address Vladimir Putin directly, saying the Russian president took an oath to defend his country's citizens no matter where they are. He says that Putin has "good information" on the caliphate and, therefore, knows how dire his situation really is. He then pleads with Russia's government and people to do whatever it takes to free him from captivity. The video, which was posted online on September 20, is nearly three minutes long and is subtitled in Arabic. Curiously, the Russian captive does not say what Daesh wants his country to do. In past videos, including those showing the executions of American hostages, Daesh has demanded that its foreign enemies cease their airstrikes or other operations targeting the self-declared caliphate. |
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