The Kremlin refuses to comment on the possible responsibility of ISIS terrorists in the Crocus City Hall massacre, saying that the investigation is ongoing.
"You are asking a question regarding the progress of the investigation. We do not comment on this in any way, we have no right to do so. Here, of course, we urge you to rely on the information that comes from our law enforcement agencies," he said Putin's spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, according to Tass.
Peskov added that President Vladimir Putin has no plans to visit the site of the attack.
Asked about the possibility of contacts between Moscow and Western countries regarding the terrorist attack, Peskov stressed that "there are no contacts with the West at the moment."
For his part, the former president and vice-president of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, reopened the debate on the reinstatement of the death penalty for terrorism: "Everyone asks me this. What to do? - he said - They were captured. Congratulations to those who took them.
Should they be killed? It is necessary. And it will be. But it is much more important to kill everyone involved. Everyone. Those who paid, those who sympathized, those who helped. We must kill them all."
The four alleged perpetrators of the attack on Crocus City Hall in Moscow, which killed 137 people, have been placed in pre-trial detention for two months by a court in the Russian capital.
The four are accused of "terrorism" and face life imprisonment, the Basmanny court in Moscow said in a statement.
Their pre-trial detention, set until May 22, may be extended pending trial, the date of which has not yet been set.
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The court's decision was announced after the investigative commission charged two alleged participants in the concert hall attack with terrorism.
The accused, according to Tass, are Rachabalizoda Saidakrami Murodali and Mirzoev Dalerjon Barotovich, charged under Article 205, Part 3, paragraph "b" (terrorist attack by a group of persons resulting in the death of an individual) ", said the court press service. The two face life imprisonment.
Furthermore, the Moscow court arrested the first person involved in the Crocus terrorist attack case, Dalerjon Mirzoev.
This was reported by a Ria Novosti correspondent.
"The request by the prosecutor has been fulfilled and Mirzoev is placed in detention as a preventive measure," announced judge Elena Lenskaja.
Mirzoev admitted his guilt.
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As for Shamsidin Fariduni, the fourth person involved in the terrorist attack, according to Ria Novosti the court decided to examine his case behind closed doors, due to the need to protect the secrecy of the investigation and the information on the participants in the trial.
The fourth defendant was brought into the courtroom in a wheelchair and was also accompanied by a doctor, the Russian agency reports.
The defendants in courts with signs of blows, cuts and possible torture
Swollen faces, with bruises and cut marks, one was even taken to the courtroom in a wheelchair wearing a hospital gown and trousers.
Thus, from the photos circulating in the international media, the four suspects of the Crocus City Hall massacre appear, all accused of terrorism and in precautionary custody until trial.
Dalerdzhon Barotovich Mirzoyev, 32 years old, Saidakrami Murodali Rachabalizoda, 30 years old, Shamsidin Fariduni, 25 years old, and
Muhammadsobir Fayzov, 19 years old, are the names of those arrested, all with Tajik passports.
Fayzov, Skynews reports, was brought to court directly from hospital in a wheelchair, his face with a number of cuts and a nurse remained with him during the hearing.
Yesterday, pro-Russian Telegram channels published photos of torture during interrogations by the security services.
In particular, one photo shows a man lying on the floor with his pants down who appears to be connected with electrical wires to "a TA-57 military communication device, which security forces use to torture with
electric shocks," writes Meduza, according to which one of the cables "appears to be connected to the genitals".
Macron: 'Isis K had made several attempts in France'
The branch of the jihadist group of the Islamic State "implicated" in the attack that killed 137 people in Moscow "had carried out several attempts" on French "soil" in recent months: this was declared by French President Emmanuel Macron, after having raised the anti-terrorism alert at its maximum level.
“We have proposed greater cooperation to the Russian services and our partners in the region,” the
French president said upon his arrival in French Guiana.
"We must avoid any exploitation or distortion, but we must be
demanding and effective," he added.
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