Saturday, May 4, 2024
New Attacks on Police in North Caucasus Less about ISIS and More about Protests Against the Kremlin, Analysts Say
Paul Goble
Staunton, Apr. 30 – Many have rushed to follow Moscow’s line and blame the recent attacks on police in the North Caucasus republics on a growth of the influence of Islamist radicalism and especially ISIS there. But two analysts say that in fact such attacks are a protest against Moscow and its policies.
Marat Ilyasov, a North Caucasian specialist now in the US, says that he is convinced that these attacks are in no way connected with the Islamic State. Instead, these attacks are the result of problems in the North Caucasus and Moscow’s failure to address them adequately (kavkazr.com/a/nazad-v-1990-e-ocherednoe-vooruzhennoe-napadenie-na-politseyskih-na-severnom-kavkaze-/32929271.html). Read more
