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.
"According to 'Welt', the researchers commissioned by the Foreign Office for the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) found that a new 'leaderless, transnational, apocalyptic-minded, violence-oriented right-wing extremist movement' had developed, especially since 2014. Right-wing extremist stories like those of the 'Great Exchange' or the 'White Genocide' are virulent across borders."
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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