Yes, that's why I said "by proxy, at first". Russia is arming Jihadists with nukes and other WMDs.
>smugglers are explicitly targeting buyers who are enemies of the West.
>The man behind the bomb-grade uranium deal was Alexandr Agheenco, known as "the colonel"...
>...the colonel fled with his infant son through Ukraine to Russia shortly after the bust
https://apnews.com/article/9f77a17c001f4cf3baeb28990b0d92eb
>U.S. authorities uncovered numerous attempts by Al-Qaeda to obtain nuclear materials and fear that terrorists have already bought uranium.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8471907/WikiLeaks-Guantanamo-Bay-terrorist-secrets-revealed.html
>"North Korea has a record of missile sales and nuclear technology sharing with countries including Egypt, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, and Yemen." [North Korea launders Russian tech]
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/north-korea-nuclear-weapons-missile-tests-military-capabilities
>It is impossible to know how many Russians have been recruited abroad, but there is no doubt that their expertise has been attracting bidders.... I've heard that several went to Iraq and North Korea. A former colleague, now the director of a Biopreparat institute, told me that five of our scientists are in Iran.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Biohazard/wxfSAgAAQBAJ
>FBI Director James Comey warned... future attacks will be on "an order of magnitude greater."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-27/fbi-chief-warns-terrorist-diaspora-will-be-coming-to-the-west
>There are large stockpiles of nerve agents which, if obtained by terrorists, could be released
https://www.osha.gov/emergency-preparedness/guides/nerve-agents
>CBRN substances have been carried undetected into the EU
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2015/572806/EPRS_BRI(2015)572806_EN.pdf