The security services of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
will be closely monitoring the movement of mercenaries of CIS
nationalities fighting in Syria, Russia’s Federal Security Service (KGB)
head Alexander Bortnikov said on Wednesday.
According to the FSB, (KGB) some 200 mercenaries from Russia, as well as from
CIS member states and Europe, are fighting in Syria’s civil war.
“They [mercenaries] pose a severe danger. It is highly important to
track their movements following the end of hostilities,” the FSB chief
said.
The future fate of mercenaries active in Syria is of concern not only to
the CIS special services, but European secret services as well,
Bortnikov added.
The CIS member states are to set up a database of mercenaries in Syria
to exchange information that would help in “taking measures in case of
preparation of terrorist attacks,” he said.
