terrorism
An 18-year-old Chechen man was arrested earlier in May on charges that he was plotting a terrorist attack at a football match scheduled to take place during the upcoming Paris Olympics, the French Interior Ministry said on May 31. The ministry did not provide any more details but said it was the first terrorist plot targeting the Olympics that had been foiled. The BFM media outlet later wrote, citing police sources, that the suspect was allegedly planning to target the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-Etienne, which is scheduled to host several football matches as part of the Olympics. The s...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Russia was aware of preparations for a terrorist attack on its soil at least since Feb. 15, Ukraine's military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said on March 27. Several gunmen opened fire at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Moscow's suburb, on the evening of March 22, killing at least 139 people. A branch of the Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the attack shortly thereafter. Russian authorities are currently holding eight people in pre-trial detention in connection with the terrorist attack. Russian top officials sought to connect the attack to Ukraine without providing an...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
The Kremlin appears to have prioritized the strategic value of blaming Ukraine for the March 22 Crocus City Hall attack over potential internal security risks and civilian casualties stemming from its failure to effectively address the terrorist threat within its borders, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in its recent report. "The Russian claims insisting on Ukrainian involvement forward the Kremlin’s longstanding effort to justify its ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine in the long-term by falsely portraying the existence of an independent and sovereign Ukraine as an existenti...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
The terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall outside of Moscow on March 22 that killed at least 139 people has sent shockwaves through the country. For a country with such an overwhelming focus on security and steadily increasing militarization of society, the inability to prevent such a deadly incident was a stunning failure of Moscow's law enforcement capabilities. Beyond the questions that arose about the delayed response to the attack, there is also the fact that the U.S. publicly warned Russia about an impending terrorist attack, which Russian President Vladimir Putin promptly dismissed as "W...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Russia has indicted four men in relation to the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack in a Moscow suburb on March 22 that left at least 137 people dead. Identified by Russian media as Murodali Rajabalizoda, Dalerjon Mirzoev, Muhammadsobir Faizov, and Faridun Shamsiddin, the court confirmed their Tajik citizenship. Three of the four defendants admitted guilt to all charges in a closed-door session on March 24, according to the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty report. The court ordered that the men be held in pre-trial custody until May 22. They face a maximum sentence of life in prison. Several gunm...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
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