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On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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“'These groups really want to capitalize on civil disorder, what they view as chaos,' said research analyst Joshua Fisher-Birch with the Counter Extremism Project. 'They want to manipulate that situation. They want to take advantage of it.'”
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CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler's study on 'Terrorist Financing and Social Media' published by the Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW), featured by the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zürich.
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"Josh Lipowsky, of the US-based Counter Extremism Project, said: 'Isis views the global pandemic as an opportunity to weaken its enemies.'"
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"Josh Lipowsky, of the US-based Counter Extremism Project, said: 'Isis views the global pandemic as an opportunity to weaken its enemies.'"
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CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler discusses what the FBI found on wo iPhones that belonged to the Saudi pilot who killed three service members and wounded eight other people at the Pensacola Naval Air Station in a terror attack in December...
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CEP Senior Researcher Josh Lipowsky quoted: "ISIS views the global pandemic as an opportunity to weaken its enemies further. Governments are trying to maintain their focus on international security issues at the same time they are addressing a global...
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"Over 1.1 billion dirhams ($300 million) in donations to ISIS could be hidden in cryptocurrency, according to think tank The Counter Extremism Project."
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"Lockdowns fit this recruitment agenda. Stuck at home with money running short, people might become 'more receptive to these movements,' warns Joshua Fisher-Birch, of the Counter-Extremism Project, an NGO."
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CEP Senior Director Hans-Jakob Schindler quoted regarding new report, Cryptocurrencies and Terrorist Financing: "I wonder if from 2017 to 2020 there was $300 million we couldn't find and that's why I think it could be one of the ways it could have...
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"The Counter Extremism Project, a non-profit, non-governmental organization that combats extremist groups, believes that as much as $300 million (1.1 billion dirhams) worth of donations made to ISIS could be hidden in cryptocurrency."
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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