War on terror

Jihadi John top of Putin's hit list: Russia makes hunting brutal ISIS killer a priority

President Vladimir Putin is racing against the UK and the US to hunt down the vile murderer, who is responsible for the brutal beheadings of Americans and Britons in taunting videos. 

Capturing the 27-year-old, whose real name is Mohammed Emwazi, has become the Kremlin boss's main priority as it would be a huge propaganda coup. 

Russian interest will put mounting pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron's, who bid to track down the sick jihadist 'dead or alive". 

The revelation comes as Russia launched its bombing campaign in war-torn Syria two weeks ago in a bid to wipe out the evil terror group.Russian military chiefs claimed to have bombed 49 ISIS targets in just one day of airstrikes.