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ISIS Recruiters Arrested in ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

by Taha Abed alWahed | Mar 10, 2017 | World

Moscow – Former Soviet-state Kyrgyzstan announced that its security services have arrested a recruiter rallying people to join the ranks of international terrorism. Most of those enrolled would later be sent to fight in war-torn Syria. “Within the framework of...

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Members of Russia’s special forces stand guard during an operation on suspected militants in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia’s North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan January 20, 2014. An Islamic militant group said in a video posted online that it was behind two suicide bombings that killed at least 34 people last month in the Russian city of Volgograd, and threatened to attack the Sochi Winter Olympics. The video says two men called Suleiman and Abdurakhman carried out the Volgograd attacks on behalf of a group known as Vilayat Dagestan and linked to an Iraqi faction called Ansar al-Sunna. REUTERS/Stringer (RUSSIA – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY) – RTX17MU4

Russia: ISIS Militant Arrested for Plotting to Bomb Police Vehicle

by Taha Abed alWahed | Mar 1, 2017 | World

Moscow- Employees of the Federal Security Service (FSB) detained an ISIS militant who was preparing a terrorist attack against security forces in the Samara region, Russia. The detainee said that he planned to attack a police vehicle, seize their weapons and “continue...

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‘Best of Russia – 2016’ in Pictures

by Taha Abed alWahed | Feb 22, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Moscow- A new edition of the photography contest themed “Best of Russia – 2016” has kicked off in Moscow. Launched in 2008, this contest is a photography exhibition that focuses on featuring all the country’s aspects of life through photographs. The Russian Federation...

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A woman waves a Russian flag as armed servicemen wait near Russian army vehicles outside a Ukrainian border guard post in the Crimean town of Balaclava March 1, 2014. Ukraine accused Russia on Saturday of sending thousands of extra troops to Crimea and placed its military in the area on high alert as the Black Sea peninsula appeared to slip beyond Kiev’s control. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (UKRAINE – Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)

Eastern Ukraine: International Confrontations through Local Proxies

by Taha Abed alWahed | Feb 20, 2017 | Features

Moscow- Efforts spent by international powers in the last three years have failed in putting an end to the raging armed conflict in Donbass, Eastern Ukraine, especially in Donetsk and Luhansk. Tensions have escalated with the beginning of 2017 and clashes renewed in...

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Russian President Putin watches the launch of a missile during naval exercises in Russia’s Arctic North on board the nuclear missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky (Peter the Great), Aug. 17, 2005. REUTERS

Arctic..New Contact Line in Cold War with NATO

by Taha Abed alWahed | Feb 9, 2017 | World

Moscow – On the military level, the North Pole is the intersecting point of the Russian border with that of the NATO, especially U.S., Canada, Denmark and Norway. This region is of high importance to Russia since the Soviet Union age, namely that the greatest...