It began with hints. Intimation.

Now, it’s no holds barred accusations.

The Russian authorities are aggressively pushing the line that Ukraine and the West were behind last month’s Crocus City concert hall massacre outside Moscow which left 145 people dead.

The Islamic State group quickly claimed responsibility for the attack. But soon after the suspected gunmen were detained President Vladimir Putin hinted at a Ukrainian connection.

At the weekend Russian state TV broadcast interrogation videos of the four suspects, all citizens of Tajikistan. One of the men said on camera that the post-attack plan had been “to head towards Kyiv”.

Their words must be taken with extreme caution. During a court appearance after their arrest the men showed signs of torture.

  • @[email protected]
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    68 months ago

    Ah shit, boys! This guy figured it all out. It makes complete sense that Russia would hire ISIS to do a job like that, especially after Moscow’s relations with the Taliban have been growing better by the day.

    (Mental parkour award winner of the year! Gold star!)

    • @avater
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      18 months ago

      it wouldn’t surprise me. Russia became almost comical evil during the last decades, I truly expect everything from them.

      • @[email protected]
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        8 months ago

        Anything is possible and real world events can sometimes be more bizarre than fiction. (It was just the immediate jump to a conspiracy theory that I found hysterical, btw.)

    • theodewere
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      8 months ago

      this guy thinks ISIS can get a team of gunmen into Moscow, and that said team could be captured without any fuss

      • @[email protected]
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        28 months ago

        I have worked security long enough to know most perceived security is an illusion. Also, it might be really easy to find a few non-white people in that part of Russia headed away from Moscow at a fast pace.

        Russian stunts are notoriously bad and Occam’s Razor absolutely applies. It would be magnitudes easier to hire a few Russians to act like Ukrainians and do the same stunt. Blaming Ukraine would be much easier in that case.

        Conspiracy theories aren’t my thing, especially when they are just vomited out with little logic.

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            That sounds exactly like a statement from a christian fundie about why I am going to hell. Your statement is not really an argument nor does it form a coherent point.

            • theodewere
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              8 months ago

              you’re looking around everywhere for something to hide behind… just look at you, it’s sad to see…

              • @[email protected]
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                08 months ago

                Wut? You give no reasoning, no logic, no supporting evidence and spit out a conspiracy theory and expect people to take you seriously? Lulz.

                Fuckin’ trolls.