Russian+Research

= Russian Federation =

=Position paper= ** Terrorism, in one form or another has affected all modern nations. terrorism has a large effect on international politics, economies and overall quality of life in those nations. The Russian Federation is specifically concerned with Terrorism due to the several attacks on its soils, primarily by separatists and Islamic extremists. As a result of these attacks, valuable resources and effort has been wasted finding and eliminating these threats. ** ** There has been several major events with acts of Terror against Russia that have all been dealt with internally. The majority of these attacks originate from the Caucus mountains region where Chechen rebels have developed into Islamic extremists. Russian security forces are currently in the region combating terrorists. **

** Russia has aided in international efforts to combat terrorism, specifically with eliminating funding for such groups and cooperating with NATO and US counter terrorism councils and agencies. ** ** Russia would like there to be a reduction direct intervention and a shift to aid countries effected by terrorism and limiting the availability of arms and funding to terrorist organizations. However Russia supports any plan to increase cooperation on international responses to terrorist attacks; Both on the prevention and proper response to these attacks. **

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President: Vladimir Putin

ON TERRORISM
 * Russia tends to be stubborn with their decisions and hold on to disputes over long periods of time.
 * they have many border disputes and are concerned about smuggling of illegal drugs through Asian nations
 * having problems with the Caucasus region, still looking for Doku Umarov

Antiterroism > > >
 * GRU http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRU
 * SVR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Service_%28Russia%29
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">FSB http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Security_Service_%28Russia%29

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">-opposes un sanctions on syria <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">-iran crisis is causing more people to buy russian oil. has joint venture with the UK. opportunity to supply US. could out produce Saudi Arabia <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">-provides India with many parts of it's military, just sold them new choppers <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">-russia trying to export natural gas to china and india <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">-interesting....russians being nice to Afghanistan

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Chechnya <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">http://www.cfr.org/terrorism/chechen-terrorism-russia-chechnya-separatist/p9181

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The absence of overt state-mandated Internet filtering in Russia has led some observers to conclude that the Russian Internet represents an open and uncontested space. In fact, the opposite is true. The Russian government actively competes in Russian cyberspace employing second- and third-generation strategies as a means to shape the national information space and promote pro-government political messages and strategies. This approach is consistent with the government’s strategic view of cyberspace that is articulated in strategies such as the doctrine of information security. The DoS attacks against Estonia (May 2007) and Georgia (August 2008) may be an indication of the government’s active interest in mobilizing and shaping activities in Russian cyberspace.[|[][|104][|]] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">In 2004 Russia pressured [|Lithuania] and in 2006 [|Sweden] into shutting down the [|Kavkaz Center] website, a site that supports creation of a [|Sharia state] in [|North Caucasus] and hosts videos on terrorist attacks on Russian forces in North Caucasus.[|[][|105][|]][|[][|106][|]][|[][|107][|]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Listed as selective in the political and social areas and as no evidence in conflict/security and Internet tools by ONI in December 2010.[|[][|1][|]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Listed as under surveillance by RWB in 2011.[|[][|2][|]]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_by_country#.C2.A0Russia

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Russia vs. the World <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">[]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">** Research Guide: Terrorism and Your Country **** Directions: Use the questions below to guide your research on your country’s experience with terrorism. **

<span style="background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">да [] <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**possibly** <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">russia has several counter terrorism agencies including the FSB, SVR and GRU. The FSB and the SVR are remnants of the former soviet KGB while the GRU is attached to the special forces division of the military. The three agencies serve similar functions as the american CIA, FBI, and NSA but differ greatly in their capabilities. Russia is part of the financial action task force that fights financial support of terrorism and russia also cooperates with the EU on terrorism and the G8 Counterterrorism Action Group, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and the OSCE; and was an active member of the NATO-Russia Council Counterterrorism Working Group. the US and russia have cooperated and shared information between the CIA and the FBI with the SVR and FSB. http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/170479.pdf <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**not a part of nato** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> destroy Chechen rebels
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Have any acts of terror occurred in your country? (Include the date, perpetrators, and their motives.)**
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**What has your country done to combat terrorism? (Have they created new laws, organizations, campaigns etc. to deal with terrorism?)**
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**What actions has your country taken on the issue on an international level? Does you country help other countries who are victims on terrorism? If so, how do they?**
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**Is you country a member of any international organization and/or coalition currently working to stop terrorism?**
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">**What role would your country like to see the international community take to address the problem of terrorism?**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Putin is elected president again.

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