We don't view PKK or YPG as terrorists, Russia says: Report

MOSCOW

Russian Foreign Ministry official Aleksandr Botsan-Harshenko has said they did not see the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) as terrorist organizations.

According to the Sputnik's Turkish site, Botsan-Harshenko, speaking to Russian press, said, "These organizations are not officially on the list of terrorists in Russia.

"Besides, we consider every concrete case as terrorist acts depending on the results of the investigation of the crime level of the agents," he said