Video: Stephen Cohen on the Moscow Metro Bombings
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A Finger on the Pulse
I agree with Blake Hounshell’s point here on Foreign Policy Passport … though it does make me worry about giving the people what they want. As though we needed more proof that the U.S. and Russia are so much alike. Putin said he&...
Mourning Governance
On Tuesday, Russians observed a day of mourning for the 39 dead and more than 70 wounded Muscovites following the suicide bombing of Metro stations Lubyanka and Park Kultury. The fact that the unsolved war in the North Caucasus has come back...
Grigory Pasko: Dispatch from a Show Trial
March 31 will mark the one year anniversary of the start of the second trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. When a court trial drags on for more than a year, I need not listen to the hearsay, but rather I have had the “pleasure” of observing...
Terror Attack Targeted FSB
I clearly understood that the choice of the Lubyanka station was to send a message to the FSB, but it is interesting to note that 1) the bombers could have selected a different station to claim more victims, and 2) the Park Kultury attack may have...
Singing, Dancing, and Breakfast on TV after Moscow Bombings
Looks like everything is Situation Normal on state-controlled television in Russia today. From the BBC: “Why didn’t senior officials… talk to people through one of the main federal channels to stop them from going into the ...
RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 30, 2010
TODAY: Metro attack death toll rises as Moscow mourns; Lavrov hints at Afghanistan militant connection. Speculation mounts about political fallout. Newsweek editor fights off controversy; Ryabinin case closed; emergency light abuse. ST...
The Fight Comes to the FSB Doorstep
Good suggestions from a random citizen, interviewed by the Financial Times: Mikhail Ivanov, a Muscovite standing near the same metro station, said he hoped the bombings would teach law enforcers that they needed to do a better job protecting the R...
A Quick Conclusion
It is certainly not difficult to conceive that the double terrorist bombing committed on the Moscow metro this morning was orchestrated by militant Muslim groups from Chechnya, Dagestan, or Ingushetia (or another part of the North Caucasus). ...
Anger and Backlash Following Bombings
From the Independent: “I’m not scared, but I feel like we’re at war,” he said. “My only feeling is to take vengeance. On whom? I don’t know yet. But it cannot remain unpunished.” There was no immediate cla...