Priest and six law enforcement officers killed in attacks on synagogues and church in Russia’s Dagestan
CNNJUN 2024
As Moscow puts all its resources toward invading Ukraine, it's left its domestic security at risk. While the Kremlin may try and blame this attack on Ukraine, all it's really doing is exposing its fracturing society and the limits to its governing power. Russia should prioritize the safety of its people instead of invading foreign countries.
While the perpetrators of this attack are not yet known, it wouldn't be surprising if US and NATO-backed forces were behind it. Dating back to the Chechen wars, agencies like the CIA have sought to divide the Muslim and non-Muslim sections of Russia to destabilize the country as a whole This so-called terror attack could certainly be a revival of that decades-old tactic.
There is a 25% chance that there will be a large-scale armed conflict in Russia before 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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