An unusual verbal outburst at the White House. A Washington spokesperson on Thursday described Russian leaders as "dung merchants" trying to spread "absurd propaganda" about the Moscow attack, for which the Islamic State group is "solely responsible."
John Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council, reported that his farmer uncle "used to say that the best manure dealers often carry their samples in their mouths" and added: "Russian officials seem to be pretty good dung merchants. »
Anti-Ukrainian narrative
Russian investigators assured Thursday that the perpetrators of the attack in the suburbs of Moscow which left 143 dead had “links with Ukrainian nationalists” and had received “large” sums of money from Ukraine. A narrative repeated many times by the Russian authorities since the tragedy.
The attack, which took place Friday evening at Crocus City Hall, was claimed by the jihadist organization Islamic State, but Russian officials have insisted for several days on a Ukrainian trail. kyiv, for its part, denies any involvement in this killing. Several observers fear that Vladimir Putin will use the drama in Moscow to justify an upcoming offensive.
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“Work with the detained terrorists, examination of technical devices seized from them and analysis of information on financial transactions made it possible to obtain evidence of their links with Ukrainian nationalists,” the Committee said on Telegram. Russian investigation. According to this body responsible for the main criminal investigations, the four attackers received “large sums of money and cryptocurrencies from Ukraine, which were used in the preparation of this crime”.
On Friday, armed men attacked a concert hall in the suburbs of the Russian capital, opening fire on spectators and causing a huge fire. This attack, the deadliest in the last twenty years in Russia, left at least 143 dead and 360 injured, including children.