This book by Vera Mironova offers an outstanding insight to understand the internal dynamics of post-Soviet #prisons with plenty of primary sources and case studies at the intersection of criminology, anthropology and terrorism studies. A must-read for our research sector!

My latest on #ISIS terrorist attack in #Russia for War on the Rocks warontherocks.com/2024/04/in-bri…

In last 2 years I consulted/took part in several very very high level meetings on #Ukraine & #MiddleEast but I never hard to make decisions.
I could not even imagine how much pressure it is now on our top government officials who have to make crucial security decisions daily!

In two days I did 17 (audio, video, podcast) interviews- Financial Times, BBC, Sunday Times, NPR, CBC, France 24, VOA, DW. Non English print- Norway, Sweden, Russia (opposition), Turkey, Switzerland, Germany.

It was hard! Colleagues, (who are very public), how do u do it ?

My interview in Norwegian, too bad I could not read it. aftenposten.no/verden/i/eJ297…

Today I did more then 10 interviews (print, TV, radio, podcast) in more then 7 countries - US, Europe, Canada. For me it is a record so far !

Davis Center associate Vera Mironova has spent years studying militants from the ex-USSR. Here we share some of her insights on recruitment from the region into international extremist networks, including ISIS-K: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/insights/terro…

#Russia proudly published videos of tortured #ISIS terrorists. Why?

It makes their statements absolutely not credible. But it also portrays law enforcement as hard core (although where were they when attack happened 🤦‍♀️) &will further terrify domestic population into obedience.

Will be on CBC News ( both TV and radio) talking about #ISIS #Kharasan and terrorist attack in #Moscow this evening.

So #Moscow is at least 5th attack of #ISIS #Khorasan in several months (several fails in #Germany , followed by successful in #Turkey and #Iran ). Then they are definitely not stopping and I guess we could expect more soon (I hope I am wrong !)

I sympathize with victims of a terrible #ISIS attack in #Russia but it leads to even more anger with #Putin regime.

FSB is too busy arresting peaceful activists to actually do their job. Instead of listening to the West warning #Russia accused #US of sabotaging elections. And…

One of the alleged terrorists in #MoscowAttack during interrogation published by #Russia says that he got $2500 before the operation &was getting $2500 after.

It does not make sense… #ISIS folks do not expect to get out of such operation alive. They simply expect to die there.

Why did Isis strike Moscow? “It’s about the convenience of the target,” says ⁦Vera Mironova⁩

Russia’s security system has been hollowed out, the FSB chases anti-war protesters instead of terror threats, and on Friday, Isis’s Afghan branch attacked. on.ft.com/4cq7lSR

Let’s not forget that #Russia used to recruit #ISIS folks from Central Asia to work abroad (in the #West and in #Ukraine ) - our investigation for Meduza in English meduza.io/en/feature/202…

We should not forget that in the last several months #Tajiks affiliated with #ISIS #Khorasan tried to do several attacks in #Germany (but failed- everyone arrested), did a small in #Turkey before doing a major one in #Moscow …

I was quoted in Financial Times ft.com/content/4cad8e…

This is very annoying! But my personal favorite are consulting companies who get gov money to do research on something they have no idea about but I work on for years (and it is a very very hard access) and then their intern contacts me asking to give them all the info for free…

In 2018-2021 I was working on huge project about what to do with #ISIS members in #Iraq and #Syria . As part of the project we conducted around 10 surveys not only with civilians and ISIS victims but we also got exclusive access to survey in detention camps where ISIS families…

Today is my birthday and I still could not believe where I got in life. My grandmother never went to a sea although it was her dream and I already have been to Antarctica. My mom went outside Soviet Union when she was older than me now. And I not only visited around 100 countries…