For most of the past two decades, jihadists in the Caucasus and Central Asia were a major source of concern for the Kremlin. Fear of “Talibanization” of the Caucasus prompted the Kremlin’s recent announcement that Russian Muslims should be protected from extremist propaganda from abroad, and that Russian Muslim education and spiritual life should be controlled in order to direct them away from extremism.
在过去20年的大部分时间里，高加索和中亚地区的伊斯兰圣战分子是克里姆林宫的主要忧虑之一。对高加索地区的“塔利班化”的恐惧促使克里姆林宫最近宣布：为保护俄罗斯境内的穆斯林免受境外极端主义的煽动，对其教育和精神生活都要予以控制，以引导他们远离极端主义。