Russia continues to ignore terrorist claims of responsibility for the Crocus massacre and uses the deaths for its own purposes.
The entire civilized world rejects claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials about Ukraine’s connection to the Crocus City Hall attack near Moscow.
Yesterday, US National Security Adviser John Kirby officially announced that the Islamic State group has full responsibility for the attack.
“This reminds me of what my uncle, who has a small farm and raises animals, said that the best fertilizer seller often carries his samples in his mouth. Russian officials are looks like a good fertilizer seller,” Kirby commented on the situation in Moscow’s position.
Active Alerts
He also recalled that Washington had repeatedly sent information to Russian security forces about a possible terrorist attack. In particular, the Americans gave Russia a written warning and warned their citizens to avoid large gatherings and concerts in Moscow. But the Kremlin dismissed the information “as simple blackmail” and “an attempt to destroy Russian society,” Kirby said.
When journalists asked why the United States decided, despite the war against Ukraine, to warn Russia about the attack, he replied that “innocent citizens should be victims.”
“We have all kinds of problems with the way Putin is leading, if you want to call it that, and we certainly have significant concerns about the continuation of reckless and violent attacks on Ukrainian citizens and Ukrainian infrastructure. . But we have no dispute with the Russians. And we have information that they will expose innocent Russians to the risk of a terrorist threat,” explained the adviser to the US President.
Inconsistencies in Russian propaganda
The American television channel NBC News analyzed Russia’s accusations against Ukraine of the terrorist attack and interviewed experts. Thus, the journalists came to the conclusion that “the statements of the Kremlin, despite the fact that they are becoming more specific, do not have any evidence, details or clarity.”
The media was generally surprised by the words of Kremlin Speaker Dmitry Peskov. Asked why Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, who is Jewish, allied himself with Islamist extremists, Peskov suggested “it’s not that simple.” He added that the Ukrainian leader was a “strange” Jew who sympathized with the Nazis.
“In general there is a strange disconnect. The official Russian line that the Ukrainians recruited jihadists is repeated, but it does not seem convincing,” said Mark Galeotti, emeritus professor at University College London.
Journalists also paid attention to the statement of Alexander Lukashenko, who boasted on Tuesday that the suspects were returned to the Ukrainian border because “they understood that it was impossible to enter Belarus.” According to him, shortly after the terrorist attack in Moscow, the security forces of Belarus became alert and set up checkpoints, which “the suspects saw and decided to leave Ukraine instead.”
“The version about Ukraine initially does not seem very convincing, and after yesterday’s revelations from Lukashenko, only limited or completely frightened people can believe it,” said Abbas Gallyamov, a Russian political scientist and former speechwriter for Putin.
Terrorist shock
Today, media outlets close to the Islamic State released material with the headline The Russian Federation does not admit its failure and blames the West. Basically, the article says that ISIS was shocked at how they had to prove the organization of the Crocus terrorist attack.
The terrorists say that they really do not understand what is happening, because they acted according to the “established pattern”: they committed a terrorist attack and took responsibility. However, the current “victim” – Russia did not accept it and the terrorists had to prove their involvement again. They released a new statement and photos of the attackers on Islamic State-affiliated media.
A few days passed, but the Kremlin continued to ignore such reports, so now, according to Iranian media, ISIS has published a paper newspaper dedicated to the Crocus terrorist attack for a long time.
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