Who is behind the terrorist attack in Moscow: all versions

American intelligence has asserted ISIS involvement in the Crocus City Hall massacre, and Russia has yet to come up with a “manual” on how to comment on the situation.

On the evening of March 22, a shooting occurred at the Crocus City Hall concert hall in the Moscow region before a concert by the Picnic group. Later, two explosions occurred in the room, and a large fire broke out, which they tried to put out from the helicopters. The roof of the Crocus has partially collapsed. According to preliminary information, 93 people died and 160 others were injured due to the incident..

According to eyewitnesses, there were several attackers, some of whom were allegedly eliminated by Russian security forces during the Crocus attack. Others escaped from the scene. This morning they were allegedly detained for shooting in the Bryansk region.

So who was behind the terrorist attack in Moscow and why the Kremlin does not believe it could be ISIS – more on the story.

They shot the guards and blocked the entrances

Russian audiences say so several masked armed men removed the guards, entered the Crocus and started shooting everyone who caught their eyes. The first victims were visitors to the center in the lobby. Next, the attackers went to the concert hall and continued shooting there.

The capacity of Crocus City Hall is 7,300 people. At the time of the attack, it does not have time to fully fill.

“One of the eyewitnesses described the terrorists: at least five people, beards. Act like prepared and trained militants. At the moment of entering the building, the guards and people standing at the doors were killed. contain reduction with different bullets. At least two of the attackers were carrying backpacks, possibly containing Molotov cocktails,” Mash reported the man’s words.

Soon, two explosions were heard in the concert hall and the fire started. That’s why the fire blocked the spectators who did not have time to evacuate.

what if Security forces from the SOBR and National Guard who arrived at the scene to stop the terrorists were forbidden to extinguish the fire because of their operation..

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However, some of the guests managed to leave the place: people fled from the concert hall through the adjacent shopping center.

Subsequently, Russian audiences reported that four attackers managed to escape from the sceneso law enforcement officials blocked all exits from Moscow, and the State Tax Service conducted random checks from the entire Moscow Ring Road.

Deterring terrorists

In the evening, Telegram channels published what appeared to be a list of six suspects in the terrorist attack: Faizov Rivozhidin Zokirdzhonovich (05/20/2004), Ismoilov Rivozhidin Islamovich (09/25/1972), Faizov Muhammad-Sobor2S0004. Zarabidinovich (07/21/1986), Safolzoda Shokhinjon Abdugaforovich (07/28/2002), Rustam Isroilovich Nazarov (01/02/1995).

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All of them are natives of Tajikistan. Flashed on camera They bought a Renault Symbol car more than a week ago from another Tajik in Moscow. According to Russian media, this morning this car was discovered near the village of Khatsun, Karachinsky district, Bryansk region. Apparently the driver did not stop at the request of the police.

During the pursuit, shots were exchanged, and the vehicle containing the suspects overturned. One terrorist was detained at the scene, the others disappeared into the forest, Russian law enforcement officials said.

As a result of the search, the second suspect was subsequently located and taken into custody. The search for others continues. At the same time, FSB Chairman Alexander Bortnikov reported to Vladimir Putin about detaining 11 people in the Crocus case – including all four terrorists.

At the same time the FSB added that all the suspects “were connected to Ukraine and tried to cross the border in the Bryansk region”.

A PM pistol, a magazine for an AKM assault rifle and passports of citizens of Tajikistan were allegedly found in the interior of the Renault.

How the version lost to the Ukrainians

Immediately after the terrorist attack, a version spread among the Russian Z-publics that Ukraine was somehow involved in the shooting. This theory is supported by the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev. In his message on the Telegram channel, he promised the “Kyiv regime” to respond “death for death”.

After him, the Russian “Orthodox oligarch” Konstantin Malofeev went to the floor. He called for a nuclear strike on Ukraine in response to the Crocus terrorist attack.

“Let’s give the civilian population of Ukraine 48 hours to leave the cities and, finally, we will end this war with the victorious defeat of the enemy. Using all forces and means,” he wrote.

Even before such statements by Russian officials, GUR representative Andrei Yusov said that Ukraine has nothing to do with the events in Moscow. He said that The terrorist attack was a deliberate provocation by the Putin regimewarned by the international community.

Later, the Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President, Mikhail Podolyak, also assured that the Ukrainian side had nothing to do with the terrorist attack in Moscow.

“Let’s make it clear that Ukraine has absolutely nothing to do with these events,” he said.

Remember that several Russian propagandists subsequently deleted messages accusing Ukrainians to the terrorist attack and moved to “The United States and the collective West,” which at the beginning of March officially warned about possible terrorist attacks in Moscow, especially in concert venues.

Involvement of ISIS

Today, the main version of the terrorist attack in Moscow in the Western media is that it was the work of ISIS. Yesterday information came out that the terrorists have claimed responsibility. Although some in the Russian media and public called it a fake.

Along with this A video has surfaced online purportedly from members of the Vilayat Caucasus branch of ISIS, who have claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack in the Moscow region. The authenticity of this video has also not been confirmed.

Today, some Western media published their arguments why they consider ISIS responsible for the terrorist attack. So, sources told CNN that “Since November, information has been continuously received that ISIS-K intends to attack Russia“.

ISIS-K stands for ISIS-Khorasan, an affiliate of the terrorist organization operating in Afghanistan and nearby areas. As known, Afghanistan borders Tajikistan, from where, according to Russian public accounts, the attackers came to Moscow. At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan has already responded to such information and called it fake. The department assured that its citizens did not participate in the Crocus shooting.

CNN insisted “The American government shared this information with Russian authorities”.

The New York Times added that “ISIS-K has been fixated on Russia for the past two years,” often criticizing Putin in its propaganda.

“IDIL-K accuses the Kremlin of having Muslim blood on its handsreferring to Moscow’s intervention in Afghanistan, Chechnya and Syria,” the article said.

CBS News, citing sources, also writes that “the United States has intelligence that supports the Islamic State’s claims of responsibility and it has no reason to doubt these claims.”

Washington officials have insisted that the US has repeatedly provided Russia with intelligence about a potential attack.

Moscow’s reaction

Eventually Russia actually confirmed that they had received warnings from the Americans about preparing for a terrorist attack on their territory. However, as noted by RosSMI in relation to special services, this data is “in general and does not contain details.”

And yesterday, the spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Maria Zakharova, blamed the United States for not providing Moscow with “reliable information” about the preparation of a terrorist attack.

Does Putin know nothing?

At the same time, the fighters of the RDK and the Legion of Freedom of Russia consider the organizer of the terrorist attack in Moscow directly as the dictator of Russia and called the shooting in the shopping center a “planned provocation. ” So according to them, The “irreplaceable” leader of the Kremlin has repeatedly carried out demonstrative terrorist attacks in order to more securely gain a position of power.

“We blame Putin’s terrorist regime for the tragedy that occurred today in Moscow. We have encountered similar manifestations of the Kremlin dictatorship since Putin’s first days in power and are not surprised by another bloody provocation,” Legion said. in a statement.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has the same position: “The Russian regime has a long history of bloody provocations by intelligence agencies, such as the 1999 Kashirskoe Highway terrorist attack. There is no red line for Putin’s dictatorship. “It is ready to kill its own citizens for political purposes, as during the war against Ukraine it killed thousands of Ukrainian civilians as a result of missile strikes, artillery harvesting and torture .”

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