(Journal of International Security Affairs) Anna Borshchevskaya - On June 23, 2015, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, the official spokesman of the Islamic State, declared the formation of a new IS governorate in Russia's North Caucasus. The announcement came just days after reports that thousands of Islamic militants in Russia's restive regions of Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, and Kabardino-Balkaria had formally pledged allegiance to IS. The writer is a fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
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