• Putin’s inner circle isn’t buying his claim that Kyiv is connected to the Moscow terror attack, Bloomberg reported.
  • Putin continues to say that Ukraine had a role in the attack, which was claimed by ISIS-K.
  • He thinks that pushing the theory is beneficial for galvanizing support for his war, per Bloomberg.

Many Kremlin insiders disagree with President Vladimir Putin’s claims that Ukraine may be connected to last Friday’s terror attack in Moscow, Bloomberg reported.

    • @anticolonialist
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      -128 months ago

      That’s not much better than when Fox News reports ‘sources say’ when they are repeating propaganda. It’s an appeal to authority fallacy

      • @ccunning
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        228 months ago

        Keeping sources identities private is a pretty standard journalistic practice.

        • @anticolonialist
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          -118 months ago

          It’s also a method of appealing to authority. Actual journalists are ostracized and/or jailed. The US is mostly opinion hit piece propaganda