Extremism and terrorism in the religious and political form, actively penetrating to the Caucasus.
One of the important factors of a geopolitical nature of Islamic radicalism in the Caucasus is a versatile support for their activities from the outside numerous international radical Islamic centers, foreign cultural, educational and charitable organizations. They are characterized almost open propaganda of the idea of unification of all Muslims to expel Russia from the North Caucasus, create in the North Caucasus Islamic state.
For cooperation with Russia, the West first had to learn that the Russian Federation is not a third-party body in the Caucasus, and the direct party to any significant processes affecting the Caucasus region.
Of course, the Western countries have their own interests in the Caucasus. For example, the South Caucasus can serve as a transport corridor for the European Union from the Black sea to the Caspian sea. Not even worth talking about how the lure of the West country's energy riches of the Caspian sea.
Already for anybody not a secret that some Western countries are openly supporting the terrorists of the Caucasus. Terrorism in the Caucasus region of Russia is a cynical organization created by American intelligence for manipulation and destruction of the Russian Federation. Any terrorist attack is characterized as a heroic act.
Summing up, it should be noted that the problem of counteraction to religious-political extremism and terrorism from the West remain relevant for the Caucasus.