Financing terrorism along the Chechnya–Georgia border, 1999–2002

Wittig, Timothy

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“…Beginning in 1999, an organized terrorist element evolved in Chechnya within the larger Chechen separatist movement fighting to secede from Russia. Led primarily by Shamil Basayev (1965–2006) and comprising both native and foreign personnel, these groups were responsible for many brutal terrorist attacks in Russia, including such highly publicized atrocities as the 2002 theatre siege in Moscow and the 2004 Beslan massacre 30 …”

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Chechens: Freedom Fighters or Terrorists?

Shinar¹

2018

European Review

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This article seeks to answer the following research questions: (1) why have the Chechen leaders become extremely religious, whereas at the beginning of the Russo-Chechen conflict in the 1990s, they were predominantly secular; and (2) what led the Chechens to use terrorism to fulfil their aspirations for complete independence from Russia. The article shows that the flow of foreign religious terrorists into the republic, as well as financial assistance to the Chechen population and its fighting leaders, turned the Chechen leaders from predominantly secular ones into extremely religious ones. At the same time, the traumatization of the Chechens by Russia’s disproportionate use of force against civilians was the reason that Chechens use terrorism against the Russian forces.

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Chechens: Freedom Fighters or Terrorists?

Shinar¹

2018

European Review

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“…By the midsummer of 2004, by efforts of Georgian special forces and the Russian Federal Security Service, the Pankisi Gorge was completely cleared of members of the military groups. But despite this, the militants continued to use the Pankisi Gorge as their base until August 2008, [9] when during the war some part of them were killed, and other left for the territory of Dagestan and Ingushetia [10].…”

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Countering the Financing of Terrorism

Серебренникова¹,

Maschkova²,

Minyaseva³

et al. 2018

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Development of the global network and other key elements of the systems of countering the financing of terrorism in the Russian Federation. In this article authors explore the global network and other key elements of the systems of countering the financing of terrorism in the Russian Federation in respect of the aspect of increasing the efficiency of its functioning. They analyze the key problems of antiterrorism legislation of the Russian Federation and trends of their implementation at both international and national levels. In the article the authors note that combating the financing of terrorism, including criminal law measures, is considered as one of the most important tools for combating terrorism in general. That`swhy the introduction in the criminal legislation of Russian Federation of such type of the crime as «Contributing to Terrorist Activity», which provides for the financing of terrorism as an alternative act, is not accidental. The article analyzes the key issues of the compliance control of countering the financing of terrorism in the Russian Federation. It particularly examines the problems of observance of human rights in the implementation of the financial institutions in the Russian Federation in respect of the financing of terrorism. KEYWORDS: financing of terrorism, freezing of terrorist assets, the recommendations of the FATF, FATF STANDARDS and next round of mutual evaluations, the international sanctions, compliance controls to counter the financing of terrorism.

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Neighbouring an insurgency: the case of radicalization in Georgia

Pokalova

Karosanidze

2020

Central Asian Survey

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Financing terrorism along the Chechnya–Georgia border, 1999–2002

Cited by 5 publications

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Chechens: Freedom Fighters or Terrorists?

Chechens: Freedom Fighters or Terrorists?

Countering the Financing of Terrorism

Neighbouring an insurgency: the case of radicalization in Georgia

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