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“We know that the crime was perpetrated by radical Islamists. The Islamic World itself has been fighting this ideology for centuries. But we are also seeing how the United States is using different channels to try and convince its satellites and other countries of the world that, according to its intelligence, there is supposedly no sign of Kyiv’s involvement in the Moscow terrorist attack, that the deadly terrorist attack was perpetrated by followers of Islam, members of ISIS, an organization banned in Russia. We know whose hands were used to commit this atrocity against Russia and its people. We want to know who ordered it,” said Putin.

Putin noted that the Russian special services should answer some questions, including whether "radical and even terrorist Islamic organizations interested in striking Russia, which today stands for a fair solution to the escalating Middle East conflict?”

"The question that arises is who benefits from this? This atrocity may be just a link in a whole series of attempts by those who have been at war with our country since 2014 by the hands of the neo-Nazi Kyiv regime. And the Nazis, as is well known, never hesitated to use the most dirty and inhumane means to achieve their goals. Moreover, today, when their advertised counter-offensive has completely failed, this is recognized by everyone and is not disputed,“  Vladimir Putin noted.

The President of Russia said that the terrorist attack committed in Moscow was a bloody act of intimidation aimed at sowing panic in Russian society. Putin also stated that the attack aims to prompt the passage of a new law on mobilization in Ukraine and to show its own population "that all is not lost for the Kyiv regime."

“Of course, it is necessary to answer the question, ‘Why after committing the crime the terrorists tried to go to Ukraine?’ Who was waiting for them there? It is clear that those who support the Kyiv regime do not want to be accomplices of terror and financiers of terrorism, but there are indeed many questions," Putin said.

"A sick and cynical creature," this is how the president of the Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, responded to Putin. According to him, everyone is a terrorist for Putin, except himself. "However, he has been feeding on terror for two decades. He is the biggest patron of terror, he and his special services. And when he is gone, the demand for terror and violence will disappear with him, because that is his demand. No one else."

Based on the latest information, 139 people were killed and 182 injured as a result of the armed attack that took place in the concert hall Crocus City Hall on the evening of March 22. The terrorist organization Islamic State took responsibility for the attack, although the Russian authorities and propagandists talk about "Ukrainian traces". The authorities of Ukraine unequivocally stated that they had nothing to do with the incident.

As recently as March 7, the US Embassy in Moscow warned its citizens to be on the lookout for reports that extremists had "imminent plans" to target large gatherings, including concerts, in Moscow. The US warned citizens not to participate in mass events.

According to information from the American television company CNN, a few days before the attack, the United States warned Russia about the threat of an attack by the Islamic State.