Alwaght- A senior aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Israel’s spy agency, Mossad, of training ISIL terrorists operating in Iraq and Syria, Press TV reports .
Alexander Prokhanov told Press TV that Mossad is also likely to have transferred some of its spying experiences to the ISIL leadership, adding that Israel’s military advisors could be assisting the Takfiri terrorists .
Prokhanov said ISIS terrorist group is a byproduct of American policies in the West Asia .
"ISIS is a tool at the hands of the United States. They tell the Europeans that if we (the Americans) do not intervene, ISIS will cause you harm," he said, adding that Iran and Russia are the prime targets of the ISIS.
"They launched their first terror attack against us just a few days back in Chechnya," he said, stressing that the ISIS ideology has got nothing to do with the Islam practiced in Iran and some other Muslim countries in the West Asia .
Prokhanov said America and Zionist regime are one and the same when it comes to supporting a terror organization like the ISIS .
On the issue of Western sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis, Prokhanov said President Putin is not going to give in to pressure .
He said sanctions will only make Russians more resilient .
Prokhanov also said America and its allies are using sanctions to make life hard for average Russians and alienate them from Putin .
However, that the sanctions have so far made Putin ever more popular in Russia, he claimed .
In recent months, the Western states have imposed sanctions on Russia, including on its financial and energy sectors, putting a number of Russian nationals close to President Putin on a sanctions list .
In a tit-for-tat measure, Moscow also imposed year-long food bans on America, the EU, Australia, Canada and Norway in August .
The West accuses Moscow of having a hand in the crisis in eastern Ukraine, which erupted when Kiev launched military operations in April to silence pro-Russia protests. However, the Kremlin denies the accusation .
