Dagestan - The Most Dangerous Place In Europe -- BBCOnce it was Chechnya, today it is the republic of Dagestan on the Caspian Sea that is the most explosive place in Russia - and in Europe. There are bomb attacks almost daily, shootouts between police and militants, tales of torture and of people going missing.
Two armed men in camouflage holding Kalashnikov rifles enter the shop and tell the customers to leave. The terrified cashier stumbles past as one of the men puts a bomb on the counter and sets the timer.
He does not bother emptying the till, he just walks out of the door.
Seconds later, the shop is filled with smoke.
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My Comment: On a side note, one outcome of this conflict has been a flood of refugees into cities like Moscow or St. Petersburg .... an influx that is itself raising ethnic and religious tensions in these regions.
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