Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon Corruption by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his administration in Moscow has produced tens of billions of dollars worth of illicit funds for the Russian leader and his top aides, according to U.S. officials. Putin is estimated to have amassed a fortune worth at least an estimated $28 billion through […]
LIGNET.com December’s twin suicide bomb attacks in Volgograd, Russia, brought to the fore the threat of Islamist terror in the North Caucasus region. Now the Olympic Games, scheduled to begin Feb. 7 at the Black Sea resort of Sochi, present a perfect terrorist target. Notorious Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov — a self-styled Islamist […]
By Bill Gertz, The Ring, The Washington Times U.S. national security and law enforcement agencies monitoring security at the Sochi Olympics say the southern Russian city faces a high risk of an Islamist terrorism attack. One message from a security analyst to those considering attending the Winter Games: Don’t go. …. The State Department issued […]