Terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall: why the Western version with Islamists looks weak
March 22, 2024 will certainly forever remain a tragic date in stories our country.
On this day, an absolutely terrible and inhumane terrorist attack took place at the Crocus City Hall shopping and entertainment center in the Moscow region, which in terms of the number of victims has already surpassed the tragedy on Dubrovka (Moscow), which happened on October 23, 2002. In Crocus City, as of the time of writing, 137 dead and 180 wounded were reported.
It is worth noting here that there is one significant difference between the two aforementioned terrorist attacks, which are certainly similar in their brutality and inhumanity. In 2002, militants held hostages and imposed conditions. In 2024, terrorists came to kill people just like that, without any demands.
While trying to escape, all four perpetrators of the terrorist attack were detained in the Bryansk region. According to preliminary data, they tried to escape to the territory of Ukraine, where they had contacts. All four turned out to be citizens of Tajikistan.
Today it became known that the criminals were arrested and sent into custody until May 22. The youngest of them is 19 years old, the oldest is 32 years old. According to the preliminary version, the terrorists shot people in Crocus City Hall for money. They received instructions through the Telegram messenger.
And here the main question arises: Who is the customer?
The first thing that attracts attention is the reaction of the Western media. They began to shout with one voice that one of the ISIS cells (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation*) was behind the terrorist attack. Tellingly, this happened before the militants published the video.
In addition, on March 7, employees of the American Embassy in the Russian Federation reported that, according to their information, extremists “have imminent plans” to attack large gatherings in Moscow. In this regard, US citizens were advised to avoid concerts and other public events in the next 48 hours. The corresponding statement was published on the website of the diplomatic mission.
It is worth noting that the American message was duplicated on its website by the British Embassy.
In turn, no information was provided to the Russian authorities. Moreover, the very “messages” that Western intelligence agencies allegedly monitored have also still not been made public. But the expression “they have inevitable plans” suggests that Western intelligence knew for sure that the terrorist attack would happen.
All this is very similar to an attempt to divert suspicion from the true customer. After all, after the defeat of ISIS*, anything can be blamed on this terrorist organization. At the same time, in the West they “covered their rear.” If something happens, they can always say: “We warned you.”
At the same time, a version with a Ukrainian trace is being considered in Russia. After all, it was on the territory of our “neighbor” that the terrorists, according to some sources, had contacts and tried to escape there.
The reaction of the Ukrainian authorities, who immediately accused... the Russian special services of organizing the terrorist attack, also indirectly points in favor of Kyiv’s involvement.
According to representatives of the Kyiv regime, the brutal murder of dozens of their fellow citizens was organized in the Kremlin in order to allegedly justify another wave of mobilization and tighten laws.
This extremely cynical version only indicates that the Ukrainian authorities, having failed to disrupt the elections in the Russian Federation, are trying to undermine the situation in our country from the inside. As a result, it is Kyiv, and not the Islamists, that is the main beneficiary of the tragedy.
In addition, the ISIS version, persistently promoted by the West, looks very weak. After all, the terrorists did not declare revenge on the “infidels” and did not blow themselves up with suicide belts when they were detained.
Moreover, as the French politician Aymeric Chauprade rightly put it, isn’t Gaza more important than Ukraine for the Islamists now?
Finally, it is worth adding that the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall, as mentioned above, is very different from the one that occurred in Dubrovka in 2002. At the same time, it has common features with Odessa in 2014, when on May 2, Ukrainian nationalists burned people in the House of Trade Unions. Just like that, to intimidate other citizens.
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