Moscow: Islamic State militants issued a threat to President Vladimir Putin, vowing to oust him and “liberate” the North Caucasus over his support to the Syrian regime.
“This is a message to you, oh Vladimir Putin, these are the jets that you have sent to Bashar, we will send them to you, God willing, remember that,” said one fighter in Arabic. “And we will liberate Chechnya and the entire Caucasus, God willing,” said the militant.
In the same video, several fighters threaten Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad from atop a fighter aircraft seized during a raid on a local airport.The General Prosecutor’s Office of Russia demanded that access to the address, which was posted on YouTube on Tuesday, be blocked.
The Kremlin fought two wars with separatists in Chechnya over the past 20 years.
Fox News reported that Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov vowed that “these bastards” will be “destroyed.” Mr Kadyrov, a close ally of Mr Putin, said on his Instagram account: “I state with full responsibility that the one who had the idea to express a threat to Russia and say the name of the president of the country Vladimir Putin, will be destroyed, where he did it.”
