In the latest video on the fate of extremist foreign fighters in Ukraine, CEP Affiliated Researcher Kacper Rekawek looks at one case that has the markings of all the possible fates of foreign fighters: injuries, arrests, returns home, returns to the battlefield, and a prisoner exchange. This is the case of Brazilian Rafael Lusvarghi.
The Afterlives of Extremist Foreign Fighters in Ukraine | Kacper Rekawek, PhD
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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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