DISINFO: Terrorist attack in the Moscow region - a false flag operation by the West
SUMMARY
Known facts and circumstances point to the handwriting of Western intelligence services, which used inexpensive Ukrainian and Tajik "subcontractors"
The clumsy attempts of Western puppeteers to “turn the tables” from the Kyiv regime to some religious extremists crashed into harsh reality. The currently known probable options for recruiting a group of terrorist perpetrators (in Tajikistan, Turkey, or Russia), and the level of organisation of the crime (money, weapons, transport, escape routes) suggest the participation of serious NATO intelligence structures.
RESPONSE
Pro-Kremlin disinformation about the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack, depicting the West as instigators and organiser of terrorism. This disinformation is part of a wider campaign by Russian officials and media - including by Vladimir Putin himself - to baselessly blame Ukraine and Western actors for the attack.
There is no evidence of Western countries' involvement in the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack. Kyiv strongly denied any involvement in the assault on the Crocus City Hall music venue in Krasnogorsk, and the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility.
As terrorism experts pointed out, there is no question regarding the authenticity of the statement, made by Amaq, the official Islamic State propaganda media. The Islamic State released multiple evidence, including a gruesome video of the Moscow attack filmed by the attackers themselves, leaving little doubt about its responsibility.
The US was legally obliged to warn Moscow earlier this month of a possible attack in Russia aimed at large gatherings before issuing a public advisory to citizens in the country. As explained by ABC news.
"The United States shared those advance intelligence indications under a tenet of the U.S. intelligence community called the “duty to warn," which obliges U.S. intelligence officials to lean toward sharing knowledge of a dire threat if conditions allow. That holds whether the targets are allies, adversaries or somewhere in between".
The alert was dismissed as "provocative", "blackmail" and an "attempt to intimidate, destabilise our country" by Putin. He said: “I’ll remind you of recent, let’s say directly, provocative statements of certain official Western structures about potential terror attacks in Russia. All of this looks like obvious blackmail and an attempt to intimidate, destabilise our country”.
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