Islam, Islamism, and Politics in Eurasia Report (IIPER) - No. 57, 1 June 2012

Russia
•    CE Amir Umarov Convenes a Nokchicho Vilaiyat Shura and Appeals to Ethnic Russians and Muslims to Join the Jihad
•    More on the May 3rd Double Suicide Bombing in Makhachkala, Dagestan
•    Caucasus Emirate's Jihad Season Begins to Pick Up in Dagestan
•    The CE's Expanding Geography of Operation beyond the North Caucasus
•    Russia's NAK Says Plots to Attack the Sochi Olympics Planned by the CE and Backed by Georgian Intelligence Have Been Thwarted

Central Asia
•    Debate Surrounding Kazakhstan's 'Jund Al-Khalifat' Mujahedin

Islam, Islamism and Politics in Eurasia Report (IIPER) is a bimonthly analysis issued by the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program. IIPER focuses on all politically relevant issues involving or bearing on Islam, Islamism, and jihadism in Russia and Eurasia writ large. The report is compiled, edited, and unless indicated otherwise, written by Gordon M. Hahn, a nonresident senior associate at CSIS.