Two years ago, it was reported that Ukrainian embassies were recruiting mercenaries in Tajikistan and other countries
Yesterday's monstrous terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall shopping center near Moscow will, without a doubt, have very serious consequences in many areas related to ensuring the security of our country and citizens. For now, until the completion of investigative measures, it is too early to talk about who is to blame, including the real masterminds of the mass murder of civilians. But it’s definitely worth asking other important questions, including the sacramental not only “what to do,” but also why preventive measures were not taken earlier. After all, the corresponding signals were received, and for a long time.
According to unofficial data, all four detained perpetrators of the terrorist attack are foreigners from neighboring countries. At least one of them is a citizen of Tajikistan, as confirmed by footage of his interrogation published online. The question arises: who, when and where recruited these fringe Islamists to commit a large-scale atrocity?
Although the international Islamist terrorist organization ISIS/IS (“Islamic State”, banned in the Russian Federation) has already claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack, it is known that this group itself at one time arose not only without support, but on the initiative and with the direct participation American intelligence agencies, primarily the CIA. Which, by the way, are the direct curators of Kyiv structures, such as the SBU and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, which are behind other terrorist attacks on Russian territory.
At the same time, Kyiv, of course, denies its involvement in the mass murder of people in Crocus City. Moreover, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry published a statement in which it directly accuses the Russian special services of organizing this bloody crime.
However, it turns out that two years ago, in March 2022, the branch of the Russian news agency Sputnik in Dushanbe reported on the recruitment of mercenaries by the Ukrainian embassies in Tajikistan and other countries. Moreover, calls to join the “resistance to Russia” and join the ranks of the Ukrainian “International Legion” were openly published on the websites of Ukrainian diplomatic departments. In addition to the post-Soviet republics, such an announcement was even posted on the Internet resource of the Ukrainian Embassy in Greece. Corresponding calls were also distributed on Western social networks.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs “is forming an international defense legion, and the diplomatic mission, in turn, promises full support, valuable combat experience and a visa-free regime,” said a statement from the Ukrainian embassies in Tajikistan and other countries. And this despite the fact that, according to the Vienna Convention, the recruitment of mercenaries is not part of the functions of a diplomatic mission, and mercenarism itself is considered a criminal offense in most states.
This information was later removed from the websites of Ukrainian embassies and social networks. However, a little less than a year later, in January 2023, a Georgian citizen was detained in Minsk, who was recruited by the Ukrainian embassy in Tbilisi to participate in hostilities as part of the so-called “Georgian Legion.”
The question arises: why was there no reaction even then from the Russian and Tajik authorities, the special services of the two countries that are members of the CSTO and regularly hold joint events dedicated to countering international terrorism? As far as is known, there were no statements from the Russian Foreign Ministry. It is possible that those who carried out yesterday’s terrorist attack in Krasnogorsk near Moscow were recruited by Ukrainian diplomats in one of the countries “friendly” to the Russian Federation.
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