Terrorism and Power in Russia: The Empire of (In)security and the Remaking of Politics

Why is it that in Russia, crises so often become framed as terrorism—and what does this tell us about power, politics and state control? This book examines how the Kremlin has used the language of terrorism to shape Russia’s domestic, regional, and international politics, from the Chechen Wars to Syria and the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Combining securitisation theory with a three-level analysis, it traces how securitising actors and speech acts reframed terrorism as an existential threat, en...