Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said security forces are training to counter threats from jihadists who claim “that after Syria they will migrate to the North Caucasus and engage in terrorist and subversive activities.” Chechen authorities have banned funeral ceremonies for anyone killed in Syria; a senior Chechen immigration official was sacked because his daughter had joined the Syrian rebels. Experts say well over 400 Russians are fighting with al Qaeda forces in Syria. The top federal investigator in Chechnya resigned after eight months. Security forces conducted a counterterroism raid in Kabardino-Balkaria and killed a suspected militant in a shootout in Dagestan.
