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.
News
"Joshua Fisher-Birch, a terrorism analyst at the non-profit Counter Extremism Project, said that a prospective Gaza occupation has angered the far right “more than any other issue has in 2025 so far”. “White supremacist online propagandists have...
Extremism News Roundup
“Yemen's Houthi rebels have sent a reminder that their "hands are on the trigger", ready to attack Israel if the Gaza ceasefire ends. In the lead-up to the deal, the rebels were the only Iran-backed militant group still regularly launching attacks in...
News
“Many people are still surprised by the power that the so-called big techs have been accumulating in the “globalized” world. In the second Trump administration, this became more than explicit. A report by Forum, in fact, showed that the wealth of...
News
CEP Non-Resident Fellow Ari Heistein writes: "Some analysts have suggested that assassinating Abdul-Malik al-Houthi would lead to organizational collapse and thereby eliminate the threat. It is common practice, to the point of being cliché, for...
News
“Hans Jakob Schindler is a from the Counter Extremism Project, a policy organisation that focuses on extremist ideologies. He spoke to ABC news and says there's indications the attack was not random.”
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.
Get the latest news on extremism and counter-extremism delivered to your inbox.