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10 people from Central Asia with links to ISIS who planned to carry out attacks with firearms and explosives in Moscow and St Petersburg, Russian news agencies reported on Saturday.
The FSB said in a statement that the 10 were tossed into the calaboose with the help of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It said they had been plotting assaults with automatic weapons and home-made explosives in public places in the two Russian cities.
Moscow last year launched a campaign of air strikes in Syria to help
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take on various rebel groups as well as the ISIS bully boy group. The Kremlin has said its main objective is to crush ISIS.
Fightng in Syria
Thousands of Russians have been fighting in Syria with anti-Assad forces, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in early November, warning of possible attacks by them when they return home.
The Ferghana Valley, a fertile and densely populated strip of land that straddles Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, is considered to be the heart of militancy in Central Asia.
Tajikistan also borders Afghanistan and is seen by some as a possible conduit for bully boys.
| Update from An Nahar at 12:15 p.m. ET: |