Putin’s ISIS problem
The Story
The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
As President Putin repeats his assertion that Ukraine and the West are behind the terrorist attack last week that killed 137 Russians, the evidence is only growing that this was the work of ISIS. The culprits come from a faction that have risen out of the ashes of the former ISIS Caliphate: ISIS-K. So who are they? And how worried should the rest of the world be?
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Guest: Mark Galeotti, historian, journalist and author of ‘We Need to Talk About Putin,’ ‘Putin’s Wars’ and ‘A Short History of Russia.’
Host: Manveen Rana.
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| 1:15.0 | torture and the sounds of a terror attack right from the start. From the Times and the Sunday Times, |
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| 1:20.0 | I'm Manvein Rana. On Friday night, terrorists entered a concert hall near Moscow and opened fire. |
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