Moscow boosts security after Volgograd bombs

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  • Why Volgograd?
  • Regional terrorist cell
  • Communications hub
  • Displacement from Sochi
  • Response to counter-insurgency operations
  • Why now?
  • Winter Olympics
  • Internal pressures within Caucasus Emirate
  • Operational pressures
  • Reactions
  • Short-term crackdowns
  • Increased resources
  • Social resilience
  • No substantive policy change needed

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