Makhachkala, August 24, 2020. Today the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has reported on elimination of a recruitment cell of the Islamic State terrorist organization (IS, banned in Russia) which was operating in several regions of the country, and detained the organizer. The FSB worked with the Federal Service for Finance Monitoring to stop an IS member operating in the Republic of Tatarstan. This person was helping organize a channel for funneling resources to the terrorist organizations, the FSB's press service said. The FSB found his connections in Dagestan and Tyumen Region and uncovered routes and funding schemes.