by Taha Abed alWahed | Apr 20, 2017 | World
Moscow-The elder brother of the prime St. Petersburg bombing suspect was detained just outside Moscow on Wednesday. “Originally from Kyrgyzstan, Akram Azimov, born in 1988, was arrested in Odintsovo, outside Moscow,” according to the media communications office of...
by Taha Abed alWahed | Apr 19, 2017 | World
Moscow- The man accused of masterminding the Saint Petersburg train bombing that killed 14 people has denied the accusations pressed against him. Russian authorities on Monday announced the arrest of Abror Azimov, one of the alleged masterminds behind the recent...
by Andrew Roth and David Filipov | Apr 9, 2017 | World
MOSCOW — For several hours, the face of the St. Petersburg suicide bomber was pretty much the one many Russians expected it to be: a young man with a long, thick beard, wearing a black overcoat and a traditional Muslim prayer cap. TV news stations and Russian online...
by Taha Abed alWahed | Apr 8, 2017 | Features
Moscow – The bombing at the metro in Russia’s second largest city, St. Petersburg, has put the authorities before new challenges most notably after it was revealed that the suspected perpetrator was a Kyrgyzstan native. Russian security authorities have still not...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 5, 2017 | World
Six people of central Asian origin have been detained on suspicion of recruiting men to join ISIS and other extremist groups, Russian investigators said on Wednesday, but stressed there was no proof linking the detainees to the St. Petersburg suicide bomber. The...
