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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.
Al Jazeera: As world struggles to stop deaths, far right celebrates COVID-19
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"'Neo-Nazi accelerationist Telegram channels have increased their calls for destabilisation and violence related to COVID-19,' Joshua Fisher-Birch, a researcher from the United States-based Counter Extremism Project, which monitors international 'extremist' movements, told Al Jazeera."
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March 26, 2020
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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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