Russia: Other Points of View

ISLAM, ISLAMISM AND POLITICS IN EURASIA REPORT, NO.58, 21 JUNE 2012

by Gordon Hahn

CONTENTS

RUSSIA

• ADDITIONAL NOTE ON THE SHURA OF THE CAUCASUS EMIRATE’S (CE) NOKCHICHO (CHECHEN) VILAIYAT
• VIDEO STATEMENT OF DV SHURA SUGGESTS NEW DV AMIR IS ‘ABU MUKHAMMAD (USMAN)’ RUSTAM ASILDAROV
• CE’S GALGAICHE VILAIYAT IN INGUSHETIYA HOLDS SHURA
• JUNE 13 SPECIAL OPERATION IN KARACHAEVO-CHERKESSIYA KILLS 3 MUJAHEDIN
• LIKELY HIZB-UT- TAHRIR ISLAMI CELL UNCOVERED IN BASHKIRIYA
• CE SUICIDE ISTISHKHAD PROPAGANDA: SHAKHIDKA AMINA IBRAGIMOVA’S ISTISHKHAD VIDEO AND ZALINA’S LETTER
• CE MAIN WEBSITE CITES GREEK FASCISTS TO SUPPORT VIEW THAT HOLOCAUST WAS A MYTH

AZERBAIJAN

• CE DAGESTAN VILAIYAT-GLOBAL JIHAD PLOT TO ATTACK EUROVISION-2012 AND OTHER TARGETS IN AZERBAIJAN FOILED

CENTRAL ASIA

• FINAL WORD IN ‘JUND AL-KHALIFAT’ DEBATE REVEALS JK TIES TO PAKISTAN TALIBAN’S ‘TERIK-E-NAFAZ-E-SHARIAT-E-MOHAMMED’

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ISLAM, ISLAMISM AND POLITICS IN EURASIA REPORT, NO.57, 1 JUNE 2012

by Gordon Hahn

CONTENTS

RUSSIA

• CE AMIR UMAROV CONVENES A NOKCHICHO VILAIYAT SHURA AND APPEALS TO ETHNIC RUSSIANS AND MUSLIMS TO JOIN THE JIHAD
• MORE ON THE MAY 3^RD  DOUBLE SUICIDE BOMBING IN MAKHACHKALA, DAGESTAN
• CAUCASUS EMIRATE’S JIHAD SEASON BEGINS TO PICK UP IN DAGESTAN
• THE CE’S EXPANDING GEOGRAPHY OF OPERATION BEYOND THE NORTH CAUCASUS
• RUSSIA’S NAK SAYS PLOTS TO ATTACK THE SOCHI OLYMPICS PLANNED BY THE CE AND BACKED BY GEORGIAN INTELLIGENCE HAVE BEEN THWARTED 

CENTRAL ASIA

• DEBATE SURROUNDING KAZAKHSTAN’S ‘JUND AL-KHALIFAT’ MUJAHEDIN

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ISLAM, ISLAMISM AND POLITICS IN EURASIA REPORT NO.50, 25 JANUARY 2012

by Gordon M. Hahn

CONTENTS

RUSSIA

• ТРИУМФ ИМАРАТА КАВКАЗ: Имарат Кавказ как Уникальная Фундаменталистская Модель - Автор - ИСЛАМ ТЕКУШЕВ (in Russian, English translation forthcoming)

• MORE VIDEOS FROM DAGESTAN VILAIYAT AMIRS AND QADIS

• CE-AFFILIATED REPORTS NUMBER OF JIHADI ATTACKS AND CASUALTIES IN THE FIRST ELEVEN MONTHS (JANUARY THROUGH NOVEMBER 27^TH) OF 2011 

CENTRAL ASIA

•  ISLAMIC BRIGADE ‘JUNDALLAH AL-KHALIFAT’ CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR KAZAKHSTAN ATTACKS

IIPER is written and edited by Dr. Gordon M. Hahn unless otherwise noted.  Research assistance is provided by Yelena Altman, Sara Amstutz, Mark Archibald, Michelle Enriquez, Seth Gray, John Andrew Jones, Casey Mahoney, Anna Nevo, Daniel Painter, and Elizabeth Wolcott.  IIPER accepts outside submissions.

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ISLAM, ISLAMISM AND POLITICS IN EURASIA REPORT NO.49, 30 DECEMBER 2011

by Gordon M. Hahn

CONTENTS

RUSSIA

• ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF JIHADI ATTACKS, JIHADI-RELATED INCIDENTS, AND ATTENDANT CASUALTIES IN THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 2011
• CE GALGAICHE VILAIYAT QADI ABU DUDZHAN POSTS SECOND VIDEO IN SEVERAL MONTHS
• 2011: YEAR OF GROWING TENSIONS AND DIVISIONS WITHIN AND AROUND RUSSIA’S OFFICIAL ISLAMIC CLERGY
• DAGESTAN VILAIYAT’S OFFICIAL WEBSITE PUBLISHES TRANSLATION OF BIN LADEN’S LETTER PRAISING KHATTAB

CENTRAL ASIA

•  IJU VIDEO APPEAL FROM KAZAKHSTANI MUJAHEDIN IN WAZIRISTAN

IIPER is written and edited by Dr. Gordon M. Hahn unless otherwise noted.  Research assistance is provided by Yelena Altman, Sara Amstutz, Mark Archibald, Michelle Enriquez, Seth Gray, John Andrew Jones, Casey Mahoney, Anna Nevo, Daniel Painter, and Elizabeth Wolcott.  IIPER accepts outside submissions.

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ISLAM, ISLAMISM AND POLITICS IN EURASIA REPORT NO.48, 12 DECEMBER 2011

by Gordon M. Hahn

CONTENTS

RUSSIA

• CE AMIR UMAROV ISSUES WARNING TO TURKEY’S GOVERNMENT AS CHECHENS CONTINUE TO SETTLE SCORES ABROAD
• ‘KHAMZAT’ ASLAN BUTYUKAEV – CE AMIR UMAROV’S NAIB?
• THE DECLINE AND DECIMATION OF THE INGUSHETIYA MUJAHEDIN’S ‘GALGAICHE VILAIYAT’
• CE DAGESTAN VILAIYAT’S KIZLYAR JAMAAT (NORTHERN SECTOR) AMIR MAJDA CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR KILLING OF INFORMER
• CE DV KIZLYAR JAMAAT QADI USAMA ISSUES VIDEO STATEMENTS
• RARE JIHADI-SILOVIKI SHOOTOUT IN KARACHAEVO-CHERKESSIYA
• PRE-OPERATION VIDEO OF AUGUST 2010 TSENTAROI ATTACKERS
• ALLEGED HIZB UT-TAHRIR ISLAMI OPERATIVES ARRESTED IN DAVLEKANOVO, BASHKORTOSTAN

 CENTRAL ASIA by Yelena Altman and Gordon M. Hahn

 

• JIHAD COMES IN FORCE TO KAZAKHSTAN
• SIXTEEN MEN JAILED IN UZBEKISTAN FOR MEMBERSHIP IN TERRORIST GROUP
• RAIL-LINE BLAST ON UZBEKISATN SIDE OF UZBEK-AFGHAN BORDER
• 28 JAILED FOR TERRORIST GROUP INVOVLEMENT IN TAJIKISTAN
• AUGUST 2010 TAJIKISTAN JAILBREAK FUGITIVE CAPTURED
• THREE CONVICTED FOR IMU MEMBERSHIP IN TAJIKISTAN
• UZBEK LEADERS SENTENCED TO PRISON IN KYRGYZSTAN
• A VIDEO OF ANDIJAN EXPLOSION POSTED

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A CONSERVATIVE VIEW ON BOEHNER

COMMENTARY

by Gordon Hahn

As both a Russia analyst and an American conservative, it would be improper for me not to comment on respected Republican Party House Speaker John Boehner’s recent statements at the Heritage Foundation on past, present, and future U.S. policy on Russia. 

It is possible to agree that President Barack Obama has a tendency to overlook American interests in favor of his globalized view of the world.  However, it is difficult to agree that the Obama administration has overlooked U.S. national security or interests in the conduct of its ‘reset’ policy with Russia. 

Furthermore, it is impossible to agree with the persistent tendency of many conservatives and other Republicans to virtually equate Russia with the USSR––and to perceive Russia through the lens of the Cold War. 

It is also impossible to agree with Boehner’s exaggeration of the authoritarian nature of Russian domestic politics and his distortion of Russian foreign policy as a kind of Soviet revanchism. 

ISLAM, ISLAMISM AND POLITICS IN EURASIA REPORT NO.46, OCTOBER 31, 2011

by Gordon Hahn

CONTENTS: 

RUSSIA

• THE CE’S ETHNIC RUSSIAN MUJAHEDIN
• CE CONTINUES TO PROPAGATE THE AQ AND TALIBAN
• CE PAYS HOMAGE TO AWLAKI
• CE WEBSITE POSTS MAQDISI’S COMMENT ON CE MUJAHEDIN’S SALAFIST-JIHADIST CREDENTIALS
• CE-AFFILIATED WEBSITE’S DATA ON THE NUMBER OF CE ATTACKS AND RESULTING CASUALTIES FROM JANUARY THROUGH AUGUST 2011
• HOW MANY MUJAHEDIN ARE THERE IN THE NORTH CAUCASUS?
• NATIONALISM, ISLAMISM, AND JIHADISM IN THE VOLGA-URAL
• MEDVEDEV NOTES PRESENCE OF “EXTREMIST STRUCTURES” IN BASHKIRIYA
• RUSSIAN MUFTI ASHIROV REJECTS RUSSIAN COURT DECISIONS
• TATARSTAN’S CHIEF MUFTI CRITICISES RUSSIAN MUSLIM FILM FESTIVAL

 CENTRAL ASIA by Yelena Altman

• KAZAKHSTAN JUDGE FIRED FOR EXTREMIST TIES
• FOUR SENTENCED FOR JIHADI ATTACKS IN KAZAKHSTAN
• THREE MEN SENTENCED IN UZBEK COURT FOR RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM
• BBC REPORTER CONVICTED IN TAJIKISTAN
• FOUR HIZB UT-TAHRIR ISLAMI MEMBERS SENTENCED TO PRISON IN TAJIKISTAN
• TWO WOMEN ARRESTED IN KYRGYSTAN FOR HIZB IT-TAHRIR ISLAMI INVOLVMENT
• KYRGYZSTAN ARRESTED ISLAMIC JIHAD UNION SUSPECTS
• KYRGYZSTAN EXTRADITES A RUSSIAN CITIZEN TO MOSCOW
• TAJIKISTAN DRUG SMUGGLERS AND DRUG TRAFFICKING

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RETHINKING THE RESET

REPRINTS

Moscow Times, 01 July 2011

by Andrei Tsygankov

Since the reset button in U.S.-Russian relations has been pressed, Russia and the West have learned to cooperate on multiple issues from Iran and Afghanistan to nuclear arms control. Still, the momentum for improving Western ties with Russia seems to be caught in a holding pattern. It seems that both sides are increasingly frustrated with each other's policies.

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen recently condemned Russia for its sharp reaction to NATO's plans for a missile defense system in Europe. The Kremlin threatened to develop new intercontinental ballistic missiles that could spark a new arms race. Clearly frustrated, Rasmussen chided Russia's outdated thinking. "We are not a threat to Russia, we will not attack Russia, we will not undermine the security of Russia," he said.
The Kremlin, however, maintains that NATO's missile defense plans could undermine Russia's security as soon as 2020, when the system's fourth phase will be deployed. Moscow is suspicious of the fact that in response to the concerns it voices, it only receives vague, rhetorical assurances and other brushoffs.

ISLAM, ISLAMISM AND POLITICS IN EURASIA REPORT NO.42, JUNE 2011

By Gordon M Hahn

CONTENTS:

RUSSIA

• ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF JIHADI ATTACKS, JIHADI-RELATED INCIDENTS, AND ATTENDANT CASUALTIES IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2011
• U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT OFFER $5 MILLION REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO CE AMIR UMAROV’S LOCATION
• UMAROV COMMENTS ON BIN LADEN
• UMAROV SETTLES HIS AFFAIRS: ARE HIS DAYS NUMBERED?
• CE QADI ISSUES STATEMENT TO THE MUJAHEDIN
• SELECTED GLOBAL JIHAD TRACTS RECENTLY POSTED BY CE WEBSITES: QUTB, AWLAKI, BIN LADEN, ZAWAHIRI
• CHECHNYA NATIVE LORS DUKAEV (DOUKAEV) SENTENCED IN DENMARK FOR TERRORISM
• TAJIK ISLAMIST DETAINED IN MOSCOW

CENTRAL ASIA by Elena Altman

• TWO SUICIDE BLASTS IN KAZAKHSTAN
• NEW VIDEOS FROM THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT OF UZBEKISTAN
• HIZB UT-TAHRIR RECRUITS THE POOR AND UNSTABLE IN UZBEKISTAN
• TABLISGH JAMAAT RECRUITER SENTENCED IN TAJIKISTAN

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ISLAM, ISLAMISM AND POLITICS IN EURASIA REPORT NO.40, 15 MAY 2011

By Gordon M Hahn

Monterey Institute of International Studies

CONTENTS:

RUSSIA

• CE AMIR UMAROV APPOINTS NEW VALI AND AMIR FOR DAGESTAN VILAIYAT
• CE DATA ON THE NUMBER OF ITS ATTACKS AND RESULTING CASUALTIES FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 2011
• FOURTH SUICIDE BOMBING OF 2011, THIRD IN DAGESTAN
• CE WEBSITES ON OBL’S DEATH
• DAGESTAN VILAIYAT CELL UNCOVERED IN CZECH REPUBLIC
• AQ’S INSPIRE TRANSLATED TO RUSSIAN IN FULL AND POSTED ON JOINT CE/AQ-AFFILIATED WEBSITE
• KURDISH TURK AND ALLEGED AL QA`IDA OPERATIVE KILLED IN CHECHNYA
• TALIBAN AND GLOBAL JIHADIS STEPPING UP EFFORTS IN RUSSIA?
• UZBEKISTAN MAN ARRESTED FOR FINANCING CAUCASUS MUJAHEDIN

AZERBAIJHAN

• AZERBAIJAN PROTEST AGAINST SCHOOL HIJAB BAN PUT DOWN BY POLICE

CENTRAL ASIA by Yelena Altman (unless otherwise indicated)

• WANTED TURK DETAINED IN KYRGYZSTAN
• BOMB FOUND IN SCHOOL IN BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN
• ISLAMIC MOVEMENT OF KYRGYZSTAN CREATED
• TRESPASSER DETAINED ON UZBEK BORDER
• ESCAPED FUGITIVES SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON
• IMU VIDEOS “THE MUJAHID #2” AND “USAMA BIN LADEN”
• UZBEKISTAN PRESIDENT KARIMOV ACCUSES WEST OF INSTIGATING TERRORISM

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