Policy Related Issue

A foreign and domestic related policy issue in criminal justice within the RUssian Federation is how they are combating Radical Islamic Extremists who have been influenced by foreign groups.

Islamic Terrorism
The North Caucasus Region, also known as Chechnya, has troubled the Russian Federation since the time of the Soviet Union. The region is populated mostly by Muslim peoples, who have participated in various insurgencies for several decades. In the recent years, militant Chechen's have traveled to the Middle East to gain training and weapons from other Militant groups in the region. One such group that has provided weapons and training is the Islamic State in the Leveant (ISIL) also known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or simply the Islamic State (IS). The Federal Security Bureau and other National Security agencies within Russia have raided multiple residences within Chechnya in an attempt to stomp out IS support within the chaotic region. On one such occasion in early August of 2015, Special forces raided a residence and killed 8 militants, which resulted in the seizure of explosives, weapons and over 2,000 rounds of ammunition (2015 8).

Russia has attempted to destroy IS infrastructure within their territory in the Middle East, however their efforts have resulted in allegations of deliberate targeting of civilians, which is considered to be a war crime by multiple nations and Non-Governmental Organizations, however, Russia has brushed offf these allegations as anti-Russia Rhetoric (2016 Syria).