"As of today, we have data on nearly 3,000 Russians espousing terrorist ideology having left the country in order to take part in international terrorist organizations' activities," Ilyin said when speaking at the Modern Security Systems — Antiterror forum in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk.
Those joining terror groups are mainly from Russia's North Caucasus region, Ilyin noted, adding that four quarters of these are uneducated, under 30 years of age and poor.
Recruit travel routes pass mainly through Turkey and Egypt, as well as Azerbaijan, Belarus and Ukraine, according to the NAC deputy head.
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