Putin says the Moscow attack is the work of Islamist radicals but sees Ukraine’s black hand behind it

The president of Russia, Vladimir Putinrecognized this Monday that the Moscow attack was the work of radical islamists, but has advocated investigating “who benefits” from an attack that already results in at least 139 deaths. Thus, the Russian president sees a black ukrainian hand in the attack.

“We know that the crime was committed by the hands of radical Islamists, with the ideology that the Islamic world itself has been fighting for centuries,” Putin said during a press conference on the measures adopted by the Russian authorities.

“And the Nazisas is well known, have never had qualms when it comes to using the dirtiest and most inhumane means to achieve their objectives.”

In this way, Putin has refused to accept at face value the hypothesis presented by Western intelligence services that the attack is the work of the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISPK). “We know through whom this crime was committed against Russia and its people. We are interested in who commissioned it,” he added.

According to Putin, the Moscow attack “fits completely logically into the bloody acts of intimidation” committed by kyiv, he commented, alluding to the border incursions and its attacks against the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea.

The Russian president recalled that right now is when the Ukrainian counteroffensive has “completely” failed and the Russian army has the initiative on the front, so Ukraine needs to show that “all is not lost”.

“We must answer the question of why terrorists after committing the crime They tried to flee right through Ukrainewho was waiting for them,” he assured.

Previously, the Kremlin has refused to comment on the disturbing image of the arrival of the four main suspects at the Moscow court, all of them with signs of violence. “The response to barbarism should not be barbarism,” the Committee Against Torture has limited itself to commenting.

Zelensky responds to Putin: “He is a sick and cynical beast”

The response of the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has not been long in coming. “Putin spoke to himself again today, which was broadcast on television. Once again, he accused Ukraine. Sick and cynical beast,” Zelensky said in his traditional nightly speech published on the social network X.

According to the Ukrainian president, in Putin’s mind “everyone is a terrorist except himself, even though he has been fueling terror for two decades.” “Putin is the biggest showcase for terror. He and his special services. When he disappears, he will also demand terror and violence (…), he has stressed.