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EFTA01938011Dataset 10

2014-01-2129p6,897w

Subject: January 21 update

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen

…aspire. In 2012, it was reported that Alexei Pashintsev (`Emir Abdul-Malik'), an ethnic Russian, had assumed the leadership of the `Riyad-us Saliheen Suicide Bomber Battalion' in Dagestan. The Battalion is part of the broader `Dagestan Vilaiyat' group, which Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the Boston marathon bombers, had sought to join when he travelled to the republic in 2012. The emergence of ethnic Russian jihadists poses a threat to not only the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, but…

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01938011.pdf

EFTA00711928Dataset 9

2012-09-0418p6,342w

Subject: September 3 update

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen ‹ >

…aimed against the Salafi community. These laws are similar to the infamous 1999 law banning Wahhabism in Dagestan, which, combined with aggressive law enforcement, greatly contributed to the growth of the militant underground. The Kremlin is clearly loth to see another Muslim-majority region descend into anarchic violence. On August 28th a suicide bomber in Dagestan killed a respected Sufi scholar. This may well spur a new round of violence in what is already Russia's most conflict-ridden republic…

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00711928.pdf

EFTA00985903Dataset 9

2014-03-1322p7,626w

Subject: March 13 update

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen

…If he were to scuttle such diplomacy, it would deepen Russia's isolation. Putin must also be careful about the domestic consequences of his Crimea putsch. Yes, it has brought him popularity in Russia as a tough, nationalistic leader. But it may also encourage secessionists in Dagestan, Chechnya and other potential breakaway regions. The Ukraine showdown, in a sense, has been a confrontation, as Kerry argues, between a 19th-century worldview and a 21st-century approach. Putin's moves on…

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00985903.pdf

EFTA00872400Dataset 9

2013-09-2340p15,452w

Subject: September 23 update

From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen ‹ >

…Tamerlan Tsarnaev, and the NSA leaker, Edward Snowden. Tsarnaev spent six months in the Dagestan region of Russia in 2012 before the attack on April 15. Two of his contacts, Mahmud Nigal, a suspected link with the Islamist underground, and William Plotnikov, a Russian- Canadian Islamic radical, were killed by Russian forces while he was there. Yet the Russians insist that Tsarnaev was not under surveillance in Dagestan and never questioned. If this is true, it is in complete contradiction…

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00872400.pdf