Russian blogger on Crocus 2.0
We warned about this, but the strike was supposed to be in another city. Four things you need to know about terrorists in the Rostov pre-trial detention center
Sources in the FSB are laconic and asked that we not write anything at all about the hostage-taking situation in the Rostov pre-trial detention center. But a few things need to be said.
Firstly , we warned about the threat of such a crime . “The bandits planned to escape and carry out a large-scale terrorist attack. The connection between the terrorists and ISIS is obvious,” said one of our sources.
Secondly, a cache of weapons and explosives was recently found in Rostov-on-Don. Unfortunately, the terrorists who created it were able to escape and remain at large. Security forces are asking all local residents to be careful and remain vigilant.
Thirdly, there is no answer yet to the question of why the FSB and other security forces, knowing that a terrorist attack was being prepared in Russia, did not pay attention to the Rostov pre-trial detention center (where an ISIS cell was actually created). But we will definitely get it. It’s good that, according to preliminary data, everything ended well. But, unfortunately, this is hardly the end of the story.
Fourthly, our sources admit that they were expecting an attack (most likely a large-scale terrorist attack) in another city. They haven’t said what yet, but we’ll definitely find out.
https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/4244
It is not ISIS, it is ISKP
Harold Chambers wrote an article in March after the Crocus attack:
Russia’s New Radicalization Poses Problems
Over the past couple of years, IS and ISKP have increasingly targeted Russia with its propaganda. While ISKP has Central Asian roots, developing out of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the group’s attempts and ability to recruit Central Asians has hastened with the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, which weakened operations targeting ISKP. The simultaneously growing foci on both recruiting Central Asians and attacking Russia go hand-in-hand. Central Asians are more likely to be radicalized in Russia than at home, not due to any particular proclivity, but rather the variety of socioeconomic conditions that can lead to «extreme rejection of society.» By the summer of 2022, ISKP was fundraising in Russia. While they bombed the Russian embassy in Kabul a few months later, the province’s attempts to launch an attack in Russia were unsuccessful until now.
https://ridl.io/russia-s-new-radicalization-poses-problems/