@article{14302,
  keywords = {Caucasus, Central Asia, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Russia, Uighurs},
  author = {Flemming Hansen},
  title = {Jihad in Russian},
  abstract = {<p>While Russia’s military involvement in the war in Syria has received great attention, less focus has been directed at the foreign fighters from Russia and other post-Soviet states who have joined the Islamic State and other Jihadist groups. The emergence of these Jihadists has been a gradual process, which began in the 1990s, and it has now led to a situation where an estimated 7,000 Russians and 3,000 Central Asians are fighting in Syria. These figures present a challenge for the various states fighting the Jihadist groups, but they pose a much greater problem for the Russian and other national authorities, who will have to handle the fighters, when they return home.</p>},
  year = {2017},
  journal = {Connections: The Quarterly Journal},
  volume = {16},
  chapter = {77},
  pages = {77-86},
  month = {Winter 2017},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.11610/Connections.16.1.06},
}