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Why Russia fights like ISIS and how to de-Putinize liberated youth
Security scholar Omar Ashour explains how Russian tactics in Ukraine parallel terrorist extremist strategies and examines deradicalization models to reintegrate youth subjected to Kremlin disinformation.
After Peskov said Russia shells Ukraine “to induce talks,” Ukraine’s MFA compared Russia to ISIS
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs compared Russia to ISIS terrorists after the spokesman of Russian president Dmytro Peskov…
Terrorist threat to Crimea: Russian ties to the Islamic State
Rabbi Abraham Shmulevich, president of the Institute of Eastern Partnership (Israel) evaluates the accuracy of this report and…
“Russia Now Leading Source of ISIS Fighters” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
“Moscow’s appropriation of Ukrainian history not limited to Queen Anna Yaroslavna” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Moscow heavily involved with ISIS and other terrorist groups, Ukraine tells NATO
In the not so distant past, the United States government would have taken the lead in exposing Russian…
Moscow TV propagandist says terrorist attacks in France could still turn the tide for Le Pen
Vladimir Solovyev, a host and commentator on Russia’s second largest and state-owned television channel Rossiya-1, said today that “terrorist…
Putin now fears a threat he helped create – 4,000 Russian citizens fighting for ISIS
Vladimir Putin told Russian military leaders yesterday that Moscow now estimates that there are some 4,000 Russian citizens…
Putin is attacking in Ukraine precisely to boost chances for ‘Big Deal’ with Trump
Some commentators are suggesting Vladimir Putin launched his latest round of aggression in Ukraine because he has gotten…
Solovey on the shape of the emerging Putin-Trump ‘Big Deal’ on Ukraine and much else
Valeriy Solovey, one of the best connected and most thoughtful of Moscow’s foreign policy commentators, says that the…
In case anyone thinks Putin isn’t getting exactly what he wants from Trump…
In case anyone thinks that Vladimir Putin is not convinced that he is going to get everything he…
Brexit, Putin, and ISIS nexus: geopolitical and security dimensions
As Britons are heading for a referendum on June 23rd to decide if they are to remain within the…
Evidence found that occupied Donbas produces Grad-P rocket launchers for Islamic State
More evidence of direct links between Russia and Islamic State have been discovered. The coordinator of the Information…
Putin and ISIS have ‘common goals and in general resemble one another,’ Eidman says
The EU’s decision to extend sanctions on Russia shows that Vladimir Putin has been unsuccessful in selling the…
FSB defector’s claims about Moscow’s ties to ISIS consistent with other evidence, Kirillova says
An FSB defector says that Moscow is very closely tied to ISIS and has been involved with groups…
Western weakness, not Russian strength – key problem in Turkish crisis, Piontkovsky says
Vladimir Putin will continue to escalate the conflict not because he is strong but because Western leaders are…
Chechen government in exile warns G20 leaders of possible Russian-jihadist collaboration
The government of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria expresses its solidarity with the people of France and expresses…
The USA and Russia won’t be able to jointly act against ISIS – US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel
There is no way that Russia and the USA will be able to jointly act against ISIS, given the…
Young Russians flow en masse to fight for Islamists in Syria and Iraq, Moscow expert says
There are thousands more citizens of the Russian Federation fighting on the side of the Islamists in the…
Putin “played no less role” in creation of ISIS than Stalin did in rise of Nazis, Shmulyevich says
Vladimir Putin should be compared with Stalin rather than with Hitler, Avraam Shmulyevich says, not only because he…