Saturday, August 4, 2012

A New Terrorist Battleground In Russia?

Volga Federal District. Wikipedia

A New Terrorist Battleground -- Sergey Markedonov, National Interest

For the past two decades, Russian and Western experts, human-rights activists and journalists have become accustomed to the political violence of the North Caucasus. No matter how sad it is to receive news of new terrorist bombings or sabotage acts from Dagestan, Ingushetia and Chechnya, these acts are perceived as somehow inherent to the region. But a recent tragedy in the Volga region suggests that this sort of violence—and the Islamist terrorists that practice it—may not be confined to the Caucasus.

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My Comment: This is one of those Russian nightmare scenarios .... what happens if Muslim radicalism ascends in this part of Russia.

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