This video grab taken from a handout footage released by Russian Investigative Committee on March 23, 2024 shows rescuers working inside the Crocus City Hall, a day after a gun attack in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow. MOSCOW-- The terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue was prepared by radical Islamists, and the Ukrainian intelligence services were directly involved, said …
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed American warnings of an imminent terrorist attack and urged leaders of the country’s security services to focus on catching Ukrainian spies instead. As Russia marked a national day of mourning on Sunday, the bloody assault on one of the nation’s best-known entertainment venues threatened to undermine Putin’s carefully cultivated strongman image and raised …
Even if some Russians blame their president for failing to foil the attack, they have no other security guarantor. The attack on the Crocus Concert Hall, which the ISIL affiliate Islamic State in Khorasan Province has claimed responsibility for, comes against the backdrop of Russia’s brutal aggression in Ukraine. In his address to the nation, Putin claimed that they had …
