Despite ISIS being responsible for the massacre and Russia reportedly receiving warnings from the United States and both countries of an impending ISIS attack, Russian officials said on Wednesday that the bloody attack at Crocus City Hall Continued attempts to blame Ukraine and the United States for the sluggish terrorist attacks rather than the Islamic State. Iranian intelligence and its allies.
Nikolai Patrushev, head of Russia’s Security Council, said: “They are trying to force us to believe that the terrorist act was committed not by the Kiev regime, but by supporters of Islamic extremist ideology, possibly members of the Afghan branch of ISIL.” Said Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting on Wednesday.
ISIL is another name for Islamic State. The branch of the Islamist terrorist organization responsible for the March 22 massacre in Moscow is the Khorasan Islamic State, commonly known as ISIS-K.
“But it is much more important to quickly identify who is the mastermind and sponsor of this terrible crime. The traces lead to Ukrainian intelligence services,” Petrushev continued.
A concert venue at the burnt-out Crocus Town Hall in Krasnogorsk, a suburb of Moscow, Russia, on March 26, 2024 (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP)
“Everyone is well aware that the Kiev regime is not independent and is completely controlled by the United States. Keep in mind that ISIL, al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups were created by Washington. “We must,” he raved, repeating the Russian regime’s favorite talking points.
Petrushev claimed Ukraine has “long harbored ISIS fighters on its territory and used them for its own purposes.”
“The perpetrators of this mass shooting and their accomplices were arrested as they tried to cross the Russian border, where the Ukrainian side had provided a window for their escape,” he said.
“The terrorist attack was well-organized and the extensive pre-planned coverage by Western media was carried out in a tone that suited them,” he charged.
Russian officials have yet to reveal some of the evidence they say they have collected about Ukraine’s involvement in the Moscow attack. The alleged “window” in Ukraine for terrorists to escape is based on the following information: baseless claims Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said this two days after the attack. President Putin said the four gunmen were captured while trying to flee to Ukraine.
This photo combination, created on March 24, 2024, includes Ratchabarizoda Saidaklami, Dareljon (also spelled Dareljon) Barotovich Mirzoev, Muhammad Sobil Faizov, and Shamshidin, who are suspected of participating in the concert attack.・Fariduni is shown (clockwise from the top left). Hall in Moscow, Russia. (TATYANA MAKEYEVAOLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images)
As White House National Security Council Press Secretary Adrian Watson said, both the U.S. and Ukrainian governments maintain that “there was no Ukrainian involvement whatsoever.”
president putin No no no Admitted Although “radical Islamists” carried out the atrocities, the regime continues to desperately seek ways to link this attack to the United States and Ukraine, perhaps for political purposes, and in particular, to link President Vladimir Putin’s has managed to stem the anger of the Russian people against the brutal and repressive security apparatus. ISIS kills over 130 people in Moscow.
Russian officials are cornered after shocking details emerge about how poorly the Crocus City Hall concert venue was protected and that not only the United States but also Iran had warned of a coming attack. I stuttered The advance warning was “too vague” for action to be taken, he said.
On Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: tah Claim The highly detailed advance warning provided by U.S. intelligence agencies was simply a piece of intelligence that Putin and his inner circle were unaware of.
People lay flowers and light candles next to Crocus City Hall on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia, on March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlyanichenko)
“This is not our area of expertise, since such information exchange usually takes place through special service channels, and information is passed from service to service,” Peksov said. The US embassy in Moscow issued a public warning about the possibility of an impending terrorist attack, a day after the CIA privately warned Russian officials.
President Putin is speech addressed to security officials three days before the Moscow attack. he admitted that he was aware He mentioned the US warning but dismissed it as an attempt to “intimidate and destabilize our society.”
