After last Friday’s attack, Putin suggested that Ukraine is involved. From kyiv, they categorically denied the accusations.
Putin again targeted Ukraine after the attack in Moscow.
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The president of Russia, Vladimir Putindid not rule out that Friday’s attack near Moscow, claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS), had a relationship with Ukraine, although he acknowledged that it was carried out by “radical Islamists.” From kyiv, they deny the accusations.
Putin linked Ukraine to the Moscow attack
After Friday’s attack on the Crocus Town Hall, on the outskirts of Moscow, which was claimed by the Islamic State, Putin maintains that Ukraine could be related to the bloody attack that left 139 dead and 182 injured. From Ukraine, with the support of the United States, They strongly denied being linked to the shooting.
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“We know that this crime was committed by radical Islamists with an ideology that the Islamic world has been fighting for centuries,” Putin declared in a government meeting broadcast on television, where for the first time he linked the attack to Islamists, to then say: “We know who committed this atrocity against Russia and its people. What interests us is the sponsor“In addition, the Russian leader called for a “professional” investigation.
“It is important to answer the question of Why did the terrorists, after their crime, try to go to Ukraine? Who was waiting for them there? “Those who support the Kiev regime do not want to be complicit in terror and supporters of terrorism, but many questions arise,” he continued. “We immediately ask ourselves, who benefits from this? This atrocity may be a new link with those who, since 2014, have been fighting against our country through the neo-Nazi regime in kyiv“, and the Nazis, it is well known, have never shied away from using the dirtiest and most inhumane methods to achieve their goals,” Putin concluded.
Over the weekend, neither Putin nor his security service, the FSB, mentioned jihadist involvement in the attack and They mainly targeted Ukraine. Along these lines, this Monday the Kremlin refused to comment on the claim made by the IS, and announced that Putin will not visit Crocus City Hallscene of the worst attack in Russia in twenty years and the deadliest claimed by IS on European soil.
Those arrested after the attack in Moscow
So far there are eleven detainees, of which at least one is from Tajikistan, a country in Central Asia. Those arrested were remanded in custody until May 22 and face possibly life in prison. The Kremlin declined to comment on allegations of torture by the suspects, who appeared with bloodied faces in videos and photographs posted on social media. At Sunday night’s hearing, held in a Moscow court, One of the suspects had a white bandage over his ear and another arrived in a wheelchair, with his eyes closed.
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