........But unlike other terror groups, IS has transnational ambitions.
Counter-terror officials have foiled numerous attacks in Europe in recent years.
Russia is of particular interest to the group and would have been targeted - because they claim President Putin and his regime is killing Muslims.
They point to Russia's military operations in Chechnya, Syria and Afghanistan.
Russia has been targeted by Islamist groups numerous times over the last two decades. The Nord Ost theatre siege in 2002 and the Beslan massacre in 2004 the most notorious attacks.
The group will also want to sow chaos in Russia at a time when it's fighting a war in Ukraine.
Like all terror groups its grand design is to push people to extremes and try and elicit an overreaction and overreach.
but hey ....we can still pin it on Ukraine !
