In an interview with RIA Novosti, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov answered the following questions about the militants fighting in Artsakh: does Russia have information about those militants, were they withdrawn from the region, by whom?
"The participation of militants from the Middle East in the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh is a fact that has been confirmed not only by us. The number of mercenaries reaches 2 thousand.
From the very beginning, we have expressed our concern about the existence of radical mercenaries in the region who profess the ideology of jihadism. Our position on them has not changed. They should not be there", he said.
