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Articles with tag "Terrorism"

Shootout

Russia's FSB Kills Man Accused of Attempting Sabotage Attack

Security officials claimed to have foiled a terrorist attack “carried out by Russian supporters of nationalist ideas" who worked in coordination with...
rights crackdown

Russia Jails Migrants' Rights Activist 14 Years for ‘Terrorism’

Bakhrom Khamroyev maintains that he had defended the rights of Muslims accused of ties to Hizb ut-Tahrir, a banned group in Russia.
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on the list

Russia Adds Anti-War Actor, Ukraine Ex-Presidential Adviser to 'Terrorist' Registry

The registry lists individuals whom Russian authorities believe are involved in activities that support  “terrorist or extremist” groups. 
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charges pressed

Russia Arrests Suspect in Pro-War Novelist’s Assassination Attempt

Alexander Permyakov has been arrested on terrorism and arms smuggling charges following the car blast that wounded pro-Kremlin writer Zakhar Prilepin.
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award-winning play

Russian Director of ISIS Brides Play Given 2 Months Pre-Trial Detention

Amid the Kremlin's ongoing crackdown on dissent, Zhenya Berkovich's arrest has shocked Russia's artistic community.
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Rain on Parade

Russia's Largest Trade Union Calls Off Labor Day Demonstrations

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions based its decision on heightened terrorist threats.
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Tatarsky Attack

FSB Names Ukrainian Suspect in Pro-War Blogger’s Assassination

The FSB has named a second suspect in the bombing attack that killed pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky.

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harsh sentence

Russia Sentences Ex-Officers to 19 Years Over Anti-Mobilization Arson Attack

Scores of military recruitment offices have been subjected to arson attacks across Russia since the start of the war in Ukraine.
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Last rites

Hundreds Turn Out for Funeral of Assassinated Russian Military Blogger

Hundreds turned out on Saturday for the funeral of Vladlen Tatarsky, the high-profile Russian military blogger killed last weekend.
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standing trial

Russian Cafe Bomb Suspect Charged With Terrorism

Darya Trepova is accused of acting on orders from "figures based in Ukraine" and committing a "terror attack by an organized group."
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supremacist proxies

Russian Military Intelligence Linked to Spanish Letter Bomb Campaign – NYT

Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency is suspected of directing associates of a St. Petersburg-based white supremacist militant group to carry...
homeward bound

Russia Evacuates Diplomat Injured in CAR Terror Attack

The head of a Russian cultural center in the Central African Republic (CAR) who was hospitalized when an explosive device sent to him in the mail detonated...
terror attack

Russian Diplomat Hospitalized in CAR After Opening Letter Bomb

The head of a Russian cultural center in the Central African Republic (CAR) was hospitalized on Friday after an explosive device sent to him in the mail...
police operation

Russia Denies Links to German ‘Terror’ Groups Amid Dawn Raids

The Russian embassy in Berlin on Wednesday denied maintaining links to far-right terror groups in Germany after a Russian woman was among 25 people arrested...
resolution approved

European Parliament Recognizes Russia as a State Sponsor of Terror

The European Parliament on Wednesday adopted a resolution recognized Russia as a "state sponsor of terrorism," and accusing its forces of carrying out...
unanswered questions

Dubrovka Theatre Siege Victims Remain Haunted 20 Years On

Twenty years since Chechen separatists seized a crowded theatre in Moscow, spurring a hostage standoff that ended with more than one hundred dead, the...
Ukraine War

Latvian Parliament Declares Russia ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’

The parliament urged the EU to stop issuing tourist visas for Russian and Belarusian citizens and to cut down on entry visas in general.
'No knowledge'

U.S. Embassy Claim of Looming Terror Attack ‘Highly Unusual,’ Kremlin Says

The U.S. Embassy in Moscow had warned citizens of terrorist threats in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
maximum penalty

Russia Hands Life Sentence Over 2010 Moscow Metro Bombing

The coordinated attacks killed 39 and injured dozens. 
under suspicion

Russia Says Arrests Ukrainian Spy Trio Amid Mounting Tensions

The three men confessed to being recruited by Ukraine’s military and security services and were allegedly plotting terrorist attacks, the FSB said.
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