FSB TRACKS MUSLIM BROTHERHOODS IN RUSSIA. According to the FSB's public relations center website at fsb.ru, the Russian intelligence service has identified representatives of Muslim brotherhoods in 49 Russian regions -- including Moscow. According to the FSB, the goal of these groups is to "inspire separatist movements within the Islamic regions of Russia and create a fundamentalist Islamic state." The website added that these cells are funded by Islamic militants abroad.
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