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Articles with tag "Terrorism"

'Neutralized' threat

Russia Says 2 Militants Killed in Anti-Terror Raid

The militants were killed when they opened fire after being told to surrender, Russian counter-terror forces said.
blacklisted blogger

Russia Adds Popular YouTuber to ‘Terrorist and Extremist’ List

Yury Khovansky was arrested on criminal charges this summer over a song that mocked the 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis.
changing attitudes

Russia Calls Taliban ‘Rational,’ Blames Afghan Gov’t for Blocking Talks

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the Taliban delegation promised not to threaten ex-Soviet Central Asian states and to fight the Islamic State.
advancing force

Russia Says Taliban Controls Two-Thirds of Afghan-Tajik Border

Russia said it is ready to take "additional measures" to "prevent aggression" on its ally Tajikistan but urged all sides to "show restraint."
CTSO call

Tajikistan Seeks Russia-Led Alliance’s Aid as Violence Builds on Afghan Border

The security situation along the remote, mountainous Afghan-Tajik border has deteriorated in recent weeks as U.S. forces quit the region.
rocky resolution

Russia Says Ready to Activate Tajik Military Base Amid U.S. Pullout, Taliban Advance in Afghanistan

“We’ll do everything ... to prevent any aggressive encroachments against our allies,” Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
intercepted PLOT

Russia Says Foiled IS Attacks in Moscow, South

The FSB said that the attacker in Astrakhan was "neutralized with return fire," while the second attacker was detained in Moscow.
controversial topic

Russian YouTuber Charged With 'Justifying Terror’ Over Theater Siege Song

The leaked performance ironically approves the 2002 attack on Moscow’s Dubrovka Theater that left some 130 hostages dead.
Terror Threat

Russia Says Security Forces Thwart IS Terror Attack

Video shows the suspect confessing to planning the attack to "avenge his brothers" from the Islamic State.
foiled plot

Russia Says Foiled 'Terror' Attack in North Caucasus

A militant suspect planning a terror attack in Dagestan was killed during the operation.
sweeping operation

Russia Arrests 19 Suspected Islamist Terrorists

Authorities identified the suspects as members of the Takfir wal-Hijra group, which Russia banned as extremist in 2010. 
lengthy sentences

Russia Imprisons 3 Crimean Tatars for Extremism, Plotting to ‘Seize Power’

The Memorial human rights group has recognized the defendants as political prisoners.
terrorist attack

Suicide Bombing in Russia's North Caucasus Injures 6

Reports said the bomber detonated his device outside the regional Federal Security Service (FSB) headquarters.
terrorism probe

5 Chechens Arrested in France Over Teacher’s Beheading – Reports

Anti-terrorism investigators reportedly suspect them of communicating with the killer online.
War of Words

Kremlin Condemns Attempts to Justify Chechen Beheading of French Teacher

“This is undoubtedly a terrorist act that is not subject to anything but deep condemnation and rejection," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
virtual world

Siberian Schoolkids Charged With Terror Over Minecraft Plot – Reports

The three teenagers were reportedly planning to detonate an FSB office they had built on Minecraft.
DECAPITATION

Russia Dismisses Links to Chechen Accused of Beheading French Teacher

Suspect was born in Moscow but has lived in France for the last 12 years, Russian Embassy in Paris says.
foiled plot

4 Suspected Militants Killed in Chechen Counterterrorism Raid

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov claimed that the suspects returned from Syria to “plot terrorist attacks on orders from the West.” 
controversial class

Siberian School Fined for ‘Hostage-Taking Lesson’

Footage showing fifth-graders cowering under their desks as masked men stormed their classroom had sparked a scandal.
afghanistan scandal

‘100% Bullsh*t’: Russia Blasts Reports of Taliban Bounties for Killed U.S. Troops

Russian officials and diplomats were swift to condemn the reports, calling them "nonsense" and "blatant lies."
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