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At the time of the conversation, Plotnikov was back in Moscow and wanted money. When his father asked when he would be coming home to Toronto, Plotnikov replied: “If it will be Allah’s will, possibly I will come back.”

“I told him, ‘Willy, religion is not a bad thing. It disciplines people and makes them more pure, clean. But fanaticism never was a good feature in any religion.’ And he said, ‘Honestly dad, really your eyes are closed by evil. I take the laws of God but not people.’

“But I understood that he was waiting to be called to the mountains,” the father said inside his condo near Toronto. “At that time he still was in Moscow, and they probably requested him already and he needed money to go there.”



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trQyi1smv-I&feature=youtu.be

It was the last time they communicated. Plotnikov returned to Dagestan and joined rebels in the mountains near the village of Utamysh. The video he recorded reveals an eerie zeal for the Islamist extremist narrative.

“So this is how we live,” Plotnikov said after turning the camera on himself. “We are not suffering, we are not in need. We need only Allah’s help and he does not leave us, his servants. We have food, we have someone to make that food and there are other brothers who perform their duties and this will be rewarded.

“And therefore non-believers you will never see what you would like to see. We have food. Allah is with us, we have our guardian, Allah, but you do not have one. We will kill you,” he said.