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If Russia meets the definition, then the only reason not to designate it as a state sponsor of terrorism is political (Photo: Kremlin.ru)

Is Russia — legally — a 'state sponsor of terrorism'?

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by Alexander J. Motyl, Newark,

The US State Department is currently deliberating over this very question. Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky thinks the answer is yes. Together with

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Alexander J. Motyl is a professor of political science at Rutgers University, Newark.

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