On March 22, 2024, Russia experienced one of its most devastating terrorist attacks when four assailants targeted Crocus City Hall in Moscow. The attackers opened fire on concertgoers awaiting a performance by the Russian rock band “Picnic” and then set the venue ablaze. The assault resulted in the deaths of 145 people and injured over…
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Crocus City Hall attack is Russia’s second-worst terrorist attack: the aftermath
On the 22nd of March 2024, four assailants attacked Crocus City Hall, where a show of the Russian rock band “Picnic” was about to start. The attackers were killing the people indiscriminately and set the concert hall ablaze. On this day Russia lost 145 people dead and over 500 wounded. This makes the Crocus City…
Breaking News – Book Contract Signed with Routledge!
Exciting News! I am thrilled to announce that I have recently signed a book contract with Routledge for my upcoming work titled “Terrorism, Security, and Power in Russia: Domestic, Regional, and International Dimensions.” Synopsis of the Work:In this groundbreaking book, I delve into the intricate relationship between terrorism, security, and power in Russia since the…
The death of Prigozhin: When the conspiracies become mainstream
Exactly two months after Prigozhin’s “march of justice”, which also has been called a mutiny or a coup, the main man behind it all – Yevgeniy Prigizhin – was reported to be onboard a plane that crashed in the Tverskaya oblast’, north-west of Moscow on its way to St. Petersburg. The reports coming from Russia…
Counterterrorism Policy in the Russian Federation: Furthering the Needs of the Regime – new paper is out
Counterterrorism Policy in the Russian Federation: Furthering the Needs of the Regime – a new paper is out in co-authorship with Dr Scott Walker. We discuss how illiberal regimes utilise counterterrorism to the level when the lines blur between genuine fighting terrorism efforts and the regime’s desire to stay in power. We use the case…
Prigozhin’s rebellion aka “March of Justice”, Putin’s emotional speech, and Wagner’s relocation to Belarus
Russia has seen dramatic political and military development in the last 24h: Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Wagner Group, has officially declared his intentions to go back to Moscow to challenge the Ministry of Defense and Shoigu himself in a rebellion he calls the “March of Justice” (marsh spravedlivosti). Prigozhin claims that the Russian forces…
War in Ukraine. Russian propaganda
There has been some hard-to-believe propaganda shared by Russian state media such as RIA Novosti. In the latest piece condemning the resistance against the war in Ukraine by the Russian intelligentsia, Natalia Osipova lays out the main points that the state has against its people that do not support the war. The original of the…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Research Journal part 3. Russia is suspended from the Human Rights Council but Central Asia voted against the resolution.
ollowing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the horrific sights of Bucha, the General Assembly took a vote on suspending Russia from the Human Rights Council. Two-thirds voted to support the resolution; the votes were 93 in favour, 24 against, and 58 abstained.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Research Journal part 2. State propaganda and reporting of what never happened.
After the world discovered mass graves in Bucha, Russian propaganda has become more and more out of touch with reality. RIA Novosti, a pro-state media outlet, rather popular in Russia as it portrays itself as a news aggregator channel, published a manifesto by Timofey Sergeitsev. A political analyst and philosopher (even though it is doubtful…
Webinar on the war in Ukraine ISA 4 March 2022 – recording available
Recent events in Russia and Ukraine have resulted in a local conflict with far-reaching global consequences. The majority of media coverage on these events has focused on the Soviet and post-Soviet periods of the Russian-Ukrainian relationship. However, current regional geopolitics have also been influenced by Russian and Ukrainian narratives of their shared history. To better…