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tive during the 2010s, and many Tatars where requited into those orga-
nizations. The Tatar terrorist networks had connections to Chechnya and
Afghanistan. As the data showed, several Tatar terrorists regularly visited
Chechen radical leaders. It is important to note that radicals in Tatarstan
are not a mass phenomenon, the number of participants in jamaats nev-
er exceeded the twenty, and diff erent jamaats were active in diff erent pe-
riods. Still, radicalism continues to remain a critical issue for Tatarstan.
However, the number of terror acts has signifi cantly reduced, and nearly
all the terrorists who were active during the 2010s, also the members of
Wahhabi social movements are in prison now. Under the strong control of
both the state and the SBM, the situation in Tatarstan is stable.
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