Russian President Vladimir Putin has addressed Friday’s deadly terrorist attack at a rock concert that killed at least 137 people, saying for the first time that it was the work of “radical Islamists.”
The Crocus concert attack on the outskirts of Moscow on Friday left 137 people dead, more than 180 injured, and a massive fire at City Hall, where terrorists opened fire with rifles and threw incendiary devices. The Russian government admitted that it was the work of Islamists. . US, It seems like there was some kind of foreknowledge Immediately after Friday’s attack, those involved in the terrorist plot said it was the work of Islamic extremists, and the Islamic State’s Cadet Branch claimed responsibility.
But Russia has so far resisted accepting this classification, emphasizing its belief that blaming religious extremists is actually an attempt by the United States to “rescue” Ukraine, the real culprit. .
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While Russia continued its position, President Vladimir Putin said his government had now discovered that the suspect was an Islamist. President Putin on Monday night distinguished these extremists from mainstream Islam, saying that although there are large Muslim minorities in regions such as Ingushetia, Chechnya and Dagestan, “this crime has disrupted their ideology.” “We are aware that this was carried out by radical Islamists who possessed the same law.” The Islamic world itself has been at war for centuries. ”
While Russia was fighting islamist terrorism For decades, President Putin has questioned whether Muslims would want to attack Russia anyway, insisting that Russia “supports a just solution to the escalating Middle East conflict.” This claim is bold. Russia has been involved in the bloody conflict in Syria for almost a decade and cannot claim that it has not made enemies during that time. Moreover, Putin said that true Muslims would not “commit serious atrocities and crimes during the holy month of Ramadan.”
The Russian president has claimed that the United States has been actively trying to conceal the true motives behind the attack, claiming that Islamist terrorists were actually working in conjunction with Ukrainians. According to Russian state media, he said: “We also see that through various channels the United States is trying to convince its satellites and the rest of the world that according to intelligence data there is no trace of Kiev in Moscow.” The bloody terrorist attack was allegedly carried out by members of the ISIS group, which is banned in Russia. ”
These comments follow statements from Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova, one of Russia’s top diplomats, who said the Islamic State is being used by the US as a “scarecrow” to “rescue” Ukraine. said.
Former President and Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev made a similar claim, saying that if the Kremlin’s claims that Kiev is secretly arming Islamist terrorists to attack Russia can be proven, President Zelensky and his colleagues will ” They must be pursued as terrorists and eliminated without mercy.” ” Medvedev’s rhetoric is typical and even relatively mild compared to recent threats against Western countries, including nuclear weapons against foreign capital in retaliation for sending aid to Kiev.
This story is developing, more to come
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