Top Russian security security official Patrushev:

“Today, in order to provoke extremist behavior in N. Caucasus, they’re spreading calls for mass riots, illegal actions & terrorist acts. This destructive activity is carried out with coordination & support of Anglo-Saxons and their henchmen. [Referring to two Chechen Wars where Putin has alleged US fostered violence & separatism], Russia has already encountered the use of such methods and remembers what the residents of the North Caucasus had to endure.

When the West provoked a conflict on the territory of our country using intl terrorist groups, we managed, with active participation of residents of Caucasus, to decisively suppress criminal activities that posed a threat to the territorial integrity of Russia & keep peace.”