The attacks in Dagestan

Analysis: Terror wave in Russia as the Kremlin is busy

While the Russian security apparatus is busy with the invasion of Ukraine, the domestic terrorist threat is growing. That's what The Guardian's Andrew Roth writes in an analysis after the suspected terrorist attack in Russian Dagestan.

"The at least 19 dead people underline that Russia is finding it increasingly difficult to deal with a wave of Islamist violence," he writes, pointing out that 145 people died in the attack on the concert hall in Moscow just a few months ago.

In an analytical text, AP writes that the Russian authorities were apparently completely unprepared for the attack, which signals that the domestic intelligence work is lagging.

During the act, churches and synagogues were set on fire. DN's Anna-Lena Laurén writes that Dagestan has been shaken by several anti-Semitic acts recently. Among other things, it made big headlines in October when a mob stormed an airport with the aim of killing Jews on board an Israeli aircraft.

"While hunting non-existent Nazis and Satanists in Ukraine, Jews and Christians on Russian soil are in mortal danger," she writes.

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Local top in Putin's party is singled out after the crime

No organization has claimed responsibility for Sunday's suspected terrorist attack in Russian Dagestan, in which at least 20 people died. According to the BBC and AP, Russian media point to the sons of politician Magomed Omarov as two of the perpetrators.

Omarov is the local top of President Putin's United Russia party. The police took him in for questioning and United Russia quickly dismissed him.

In addition to the politician's relatives, a local MMA profile is also singled out. Among other things, he has represented the same MMA club as former UFC world champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.

- The conclusion I draw from the profile of the perpetrators is that the number of radicalized is growing. The Russian authorities have big problems, says Harold Chambers, a security analyst focused on the North Caucasus, to the independent Moscow Times.