Blame kyiv, to better direct the response against Ukraine.
This is the strategy that Vladimir Putin seems to want to adopt after the attack on Crocus City Hall on Friday, which left 137 dead, including three children, and 182 injured (provisional toll) in this performance hall located on the outskirts of Moscow.
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In the past, Vladimir Putin has already used attacks committed on Russian soil to serve his military objectives.
In this regard, the attacks of 1999, which led to the Second Chechen War, constitute an enlightening precedent.
It is even possible that at the time the Kremlin organized the attacks to justify its invasion and strengthen the emerging power of Vladimir Putin.
Comparison is not always right!
Four days after the Crocus City Hall attack, no one suspects Moscow of having organized this carnage.
But as in 1999, Russia names the enemy of the moment as guilty.
Let's go back to 1999. We are in Moscow, September 13...
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