Putin also touched on the issue of the growth of Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, and also accused the West of, turning a blind eye, to the encroachment of international terrorism into Russia and Central Asia. Putin believes the US has played a considerable role in sponsoring the growth of Islamic extremism, using the example of Washingtons funding of the Mujahidin in the Afghan-Soviet war in the 1980s, which eventually gave birth to the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. “It never ceases to amaze me how our partners have been guilty of making the same mistakes time and again. They have in the past sponsored Islamic extremists who were battling against the Soviet Union, which took place in Afghanistan. It was because of this the Taliban and Al-Qaeda was created,” the president added. Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) is the latest terrorist organization, which is destabilizing the world and Putin was scathing of countries that have been helping to fund the Islamist militants by buying cut price oil they are selling. “Terrorists have been selling oil at really low prices and those countries who have been buying it and then selling it on, are financing terrorism, which will eventually come back to bite them,” the Russian President said. rt/news/198924-putin-valdai-speech-president/
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