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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Press Release
June 21, 2022
Extremist Content Online: ISIS And Neo-Nazi Propaganda Spread On Social Media
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, CEP researchers located three Facebook accounts that posted...
Press Release
June 21, 2022
CEP Webinar: Western Extremists And The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine In 2022
Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, there has been significant concern about the phenomenon of foreign fighters of various extremist ideologies traveling to take part in the conflict. The new CEP report Western Extremists...
Press Release
June 16, 2022
ISIS Propagandist Among Four Arrested In German-Swiss Operation
(New York, N.Y.) — On Tuesday, Germany and Switzerland announced that through joint efforts they were able to detain four suspected ISIS members and supporters, including a suspect identified by German officials as a would-be foreign fighter and...
Press Release
June 15, 2022
Senior ISIS Leader Captured By French Forces In Mali Amid Troop Withdrawal From The Country
Today, France announced the successful apprehension of Oumeya Ould Albakaye, a senior leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS). French forces carried out the operation on June 11 as Albakaye attempted to cross the Niger-Mali border, a...
Press Release
June 15, 2022
French Prosecutors Seek Maximum Sentence For Key Suspect In 2015 Paris Attacks
In a Paris courtroom this week, French prosecutors announced their intention to seek the maximum penalty available in the trial of Salah Abdeslam. Abdeslam faces a life sentence without the possibility of parole for his role in the November 2015...
Press Release
June 14, 2022
CEP Launches Network Of Stakeholders To Facilitate A ‘Whole-Of-Society’ Approach To Reintegrating, Reducing Recidivism Of Convicted Extremists
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP), in partnership with Parallel Networks and with support from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has launched the Radicalization, Rehabilitation, Reintegration, and Recidivism Network (4R Network).
Press Release
June 10, 2022
CEP Impact: Spring Removes Second Extreme Right Storefront Following CEP Notice
For the second time in two months, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) alerted print-on-demand platform Spring to a neo-Nazi clothing shop being hosted on its platform, which Spring subsequently removed.
Press Release
June 10, 2022
Tech & Terrorism: CEP Welcomes The Arrival Of Terrorist Content Regulation In The EU
On Tuesday, the EU’s Regulation on the Dissemination of Terrorist Content Online (TCO) entered into force. European public authorities can now require online platforms or cloud services to remove specific posts, music, livestreams, photos and videos...
Press Release
June 9, 2022
U.S. Court Sentences Brooklyn Resident To 15 Years In Prison For Funding ISIS Foreign Fighter
Last week, Dilkhayot Kasimov was sentenced by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York to 15 years in prison after being found guilty of conspiring to and attempting to provide material support to ISIS, a U.S.-designated Foreign...
Press Release
June 8, 2022
CEP Webinar: A Discussion with Dr. Simon Cottee
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to join CEP Advisors Lucinda Creighton and Liam Duffy for a discussion with Dr. Simon Cottee, author of the new book Watching Murder: Isis, Death Videos and Radicalization.
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