Attacking the Empire’s Achilles Heels: Railroads and Terrorism in Tsarist Russia

Abstract

Derailment of express train rekindles Russian fears; BIDDER Anschlag auf Newski-Express. Rus sia's Federal Security Service (FSB) later accused Alexander Tikhomirov, an Islamist rebel from Chechnya, who was killed during a raid in Ingushetiya at the beginning of March 2010, of bearing responsibility for this terrorist act. Cf. Ingushetia rebel killed in raid by Russian troops. 2 According to "Jane's Intelligence Review" between 1998 and July 2006 there were at least 74 separate terrorist attacks on railways worldwide. HINDS Mumbai bombings signal sustained rail terrorism trend. 3 LITVINOV/ROZHKOV Bor'ba s terrorizmom; LIEBERMAN / BUCHT Rail Transport Security; MERKI Die Verwundbarkeit des modernen Verkehrs.