The seven-and-a-half-minute long video was released by the Islamic State’s production wing, al–Hayat. It begins with TV-style interviews with both men, who say they are spies against the militant group and are working in Syria and Turkey. They also confess to attempting to infiltrate the jihadi group.
The men speak Russian in the interviews and can be identified by their names – Jambulat Mamaev and Sergei Ashimov.
One man says he was tasked with gathering intelligence information on one of the IS leaders and stealing sensitive information. The other confesses he had been sent to assassinate a senior IS commander. Meanwhile, the name of the commander is edited from the video.
The adult militant quotes the Koran and adds in Russian: "Allah has gifted the Islamic State's security agency with the apprehension of these two spies… By Allah's grace, they are now in the custody of the lion cubs of the Caliphate."
Then, the young boy shoots the both men in the back of the head.
The authenticity of the video cannot be confirmed yet.
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has not commented on the video. The FSB is Russia's best known security agency; however, the organization does not operate outside of the Russian Federation and its involvement in Syria and Iraq is out of the question.
The Russian embassy in Damascus also declined to comment on the situation.
IS has executed a great number of people in territory seized on both sides of the Iraq-Syria border, including some American and European journalists and aid workers.
