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In Russia six people are detained suspected in the terrorist attack in Pyatigorsk; one of them is a citizen of Azerbaijan.
ITAR-TASS reports referring to the information center of the National Anti-Terrorist Committee of Russia.

"During the preliminary investigation the suspects confessed they were engaged in the given crime, as well as in the preparation of a larger terroristic attack. Criminal cases are initiated under Articles 105, 205 and 317 by the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation," the NAC reported.

"As a result of the complex search operations and investigative actions people suspected in committing these crimes are detained. They are – Atayev Murad, a citizen of Azerbaijan, Khalizov Ramadan Khalizov Vladimir, Abdulazizov Shamil, Gazimagomedov Shamil, Ibrahimov Mahomed," stated at the National Anti-Terrorist Committee of Russia.

"Timely detention of these people gave us a chance to prevent another terrorist crime," representative of NAC concluded.
Pyatigorsk blast occurred on 27 December. Three people were killed as a result. NAC noted that "at the Circassian highway, near the parking lot of a furniture store, located opposite the traffic police department, an unidentified explosive device exploded blasting up a car VAZ parked there." A criminal case was filed upon the explosion.

Damage from the blast cost 17 million rubles (512,000 dollars). The surrounding buildings were damaged, as well as 13 cars.
The relationship between international terrorist groups and Azerbaijan originated in the early 1990s. That time, the Azerbaijani army, having failed in the aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), retreated with losses. Trying to save the situation, the Azerbaijani leadership, headed by Heydar Aliyev attracted to the war against the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh international terrorists and members of radical groups from Afghanistan (groupings of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar), Turkey ("Grey Wolves", etc.), Chechnya (groupings Basayev and Raduyev etc.) and some other regions.

Despite the involvement in of thousands of foreign mercenaries and terrorists in the Azerbaijani army during the war, the Azerbaijani aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh Republic failed, and the Baku authorities were forced to sign an armistice with the NKR and Armenia. However, international terrorists found ties in Azerbaijan, and used them in the future. Recruitment was conducted among Azerbaijanis, who then were sent to Afghanistan and the North Caucasus, where participated in the battles against the forces of the international coalition and Russian organizations.

In recent years, the citizens of Azerbaijan are actively involved in terrorist and extremist activities in Russia, Afghanistan and Syria. In Azerbaijan the citizens are brought to criminal liability for participating in "illegal armed groups" in Afghanistan, sentenced to minor terms of imprisonment.