DUSHANBE. Dec 7 (Interfax) - Mercenaries from the North Caucasus have been transferred to Tajikistan for terrorist and subversive activities, Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev told reporters in Dushanbe on Monday.
"We exposed a youth recruitment channel. Young residents of the North Caucasus were recruited and subsequently transferred to Tajik territory for terrorist and subversive activities," he said.
The press conference followed a meeting of the Russian-Tajik Interior Ministry Board on ways of fighting transnational crime and illegal migration.