About 4 000 people from Russia fight with militants in Syria, said the Russian President Vladimir Putin, reports TASS. There is another 5 thousand from former Soviet countries, according to Putin, who also fight in Syria.

" The fact, there fight a large number of militants from the former Soviet Union in Syria is not of less importance for us. According to our preliminary data, there are about four thousand fighters from Russia and about 5 thousand from the former Soviet Union, "Putin said.

Putin also stressed, that taking into account the visa-free regime in almost the entire post-Soviet area, everyone needs to understand what a huge threat "that cradle of terrorism poses for Russia."