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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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Disinformation, Hate, and Polarization: The Attack on Slovakia’s Prime Minister
Since October 2023, CEP has reported on extremist non-state actors in Russia, a central element of the violent transnational right-wing extremist milieu, in a series of blog entries. Given the significance of the attempted assassination of the Prime...
Russian Connections to Israel-Gaza Protests
During the past decade and a half, extremist non-state actors in Russia have become a central element of the violent transnational right-wing extremist milieu. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and particularly its re-invasion of the country in...
Violence-Oriented Right-Wing Extremist Actors in Russia: Foreign Fighters – Part 2
During the past decade and a half, extremist non-state actors in Russia have become a central element of the violent transnational right-wing extremist milieu. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and particularly its re-invasion of the country in...
Violence-Oriented Right-Wing Extremist Actors in Russia: Foreign Fighters – Part 1
During the past decade and a half, extremist non-state actors in Russia have become a central element of the violent transnational right-wing extremist milieu. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and particularly its re-invasion of the country in...
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"Russia is continuing to blame the U.S. and Ukraine for the terror attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue last Friday that killed 137 people.
On this episode of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green,” Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, says because of Moscow’s “blame game,” we may never know the truth."
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March 27, 2024
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"Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, Sr. Director at the Counter Extremism Project discusses why we may never know the truth."
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March 26, 2024
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"“I'm worried about the Paris Olympics“Edmund Fitton-Brown, a former senior UN counter-terrorism official and senior advisor to the Counter Extremism Project, told the newspaper. “They would be a category one terrorist target.”"
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March 25, 2024
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"The Mideast war is “ramping up Islamist propaganda from Al-Qaeda, from IS, from Hamas, from Hezbollah”, said Hans-Jakob Schindler, head of the Counter Extremism Project, a non-profit organisation.
“All talk to their sympathizers and say: you got to do something,” he told AFP."
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March 25, 2024
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"The Paris Summer Olympics could become a "premium terrorist target" after Friday's terrorist attack at a concert venue in the Moscow Region, a senior adviser to the Counter Extremism Project international non-government organization, Edmund Fitton-Brown, said on Monday."
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March 25, 2024
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"Authorities in Russia say more than 60 people have been killed after shooters opened fire in a concert hall near Moscow. It's the worst attack Russia has faced in 20 years. The so-called Islamic State claimed responsibility. Others reportedly escaped into a nearby forest.
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02:28 DW speaks with Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project"
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March 23, 2024
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