According to a new report issued by the Egyptian House of Fatwa, the country’s leading Islamic authority, the Islamic State (IS) group is looking at the Caucasus, Central Asia and Indonesia as new territories for recruitment…

Having encountered organized resistance in Novorussia and, especially, in Crimea, Western sponsors of Ukrainian Nazi-putschists never stop efforts to influence the events indirectly. They set great store by the mission of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) military observers visiting the Autonomous Republic of Crimea… Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has criticized moves by the OSCE and NATO, which have suspended some joint undertakings with Russia, saying their actions «are not helping to create an atmosphere of dialogue and constructive cooperation». No doubt his statement will be followed by measures to prevent provocations staged in Crimea under the cover of OSCE or the United Nations. The bloody traces left by the West using the cover of international organizations in the Balkans and the Caucasus are still vivid in memory.