Russian secret service: Osama bin Laden is alive

Russian secret service has no information confirming that the leader of the terrorist group al-Qaeda Osama bin Laden is dead.

Special presidential representative for the fight against international terrorism and organized crime Anatoly Safonov said that they no evidence that would suggest that bin Laden has been killed.

International media has reportedly speculated on whether or not bin Laden was destroyed during the bombing campaigns in Afghanistan or Iraq.

"We have no evidence that this figure has become a virtual person" - said Safonov.

Safonov emphasized that the American and Russian secret services have the same approach to capturing bin Laden be it legal, or technical.

Finding bin Laden, said Safonov, “is just a matter of time.”