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On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler and Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann write: "The plan takes some bold steps into new legislative territory. Crucially — and in a first for German and European policies of this sort — it is set to include...
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"The absence of progress in bringing Tamimi to trial is especially striking, given that she is one of 25 individuals named as FBI Most Wanted Terrorists. In addition, she was recently named one of the top 20 most dangerous extremists around the world...
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CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler article: "This article will look at the current and dynamic environment of the sanctions targeting Russia in light of the experience with sanctions against Iran. In addition, it will outline some of the...
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CEP Analyst Gregory Waters writes: "Yet most of the reporting on Russian recruitment in Syria has involved half-truths, if not outright lies. While it does appear that some Syrians have signed contracts to fight in Ukraine, there is no guarantee...
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"The question is whether everyone who is now saying that they want to take part in the fighting is on the road or already there – whether they can be deployed for something, speak the language and have military training. So far there is no concrete...
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CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann quoted in story on Ukraine and foreign fighters, for Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter.
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CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann quoted: "Doch „niemand kommt so zurück vom Krieg, wie er reingegangen ist”, sagt Alexander Ritzmann vom Counter Extremism Project in Berlin, einer Organiation, die Extremismus untersucht und bekämpft."
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CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann interviewed by Welt.TV: "„In Russland sind definitiv mehr Neonazis und Rechtsextreme als in der Ukraine“, sagt Politikwissenschaftler Alexander Ritzmann. Es gebe derzeit große Sorge, dass vor allem Rechtsextreme...
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CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann interviewed by German national public radio, Deutschlandfunk: "Das rechtsextreme Asow-Regiment sei nur eine „verschwindend kleine Gruppe“ innerhalb der ukrainischen Streitkräfte, sagte der Extremismusforscher...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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