01076nas a2200181   4500000000100000008004100001260001600042653001300058653001700071653003500088653001100123653001200134100002000146245002100166300001000187490000700197520069000204       2017                            d  cWinter 201710aCaucasus10aCentral Asia10aIslamic Movement of Uzbekistan10aRussia10aUighurs1 aFlemming Hansen00aJihad in Russian  a77-860 v163 a<p>While Russia’s military involvement in the war in Syria has received great attention, less focus has been directed at the foreign fighters from Russia and other post-Soviet states who have joined the Islamic State and other Jihadist groups. The emergence of these Jihadists has been a gradual process, which began in the 1990s, and it has now led to a situation where an estimated 7,000 Russians and 3,000 Central Asians are fighting in Syria. These figures present a challenge for the various states fighting the Jihadist groups, but they pose a much greater problem for the Russian and other national authorities, who will have to handle the fighters, when they return home.</p>