Russian authorities say they have killed suspected members of a branch of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group. The terrorists who “put up armed resistance” were “neutralized by return fire” in the Kaluga region, southwest of Moscow.
Russia regularly announces that it has foiled plans to attack suspected Islamist cells. ISIS's influence remains limited in the country although some attacks have occurred in recent years, particularly in the Muslim-majority Caucasus republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan.