Investigative Committee: Evidence of connection between Crocus terrorists and Ukrainian nationalists has been received
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (IC RF) has received irrefutable evidence of the existence of a direct connection between the terrorists who carried out the attack on Crocus City Hall near Moscow and Ukrainian nationalists.
The Investigative Committee's report states that, according to the initial results of the ongoing investigative actions, the planned nature of the actions of the terrorists who attacked a shopping mall near Moscow is fully confirmed, as well as the careful preparation and financial support from the direct organizers of this crime.
As a result of the work carried out with the detained terrorists, in particular the study of the technical devices seized from them and the analysis of information on financial transactions, evidence was obtained of their connection with Ukrainian nationalists.
Earlier, FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov said that, according to the information available to the department, the Kiev regime is directly related to the organization of a terrorist attack in Crocus by radical Islamists. In addition, preparations for the attack were carried out in cooperation with Western intelligence services.
Russian intelligence services suggest that the United States, Great Britain and Ukraine are behind the organization and planning of the terrorist attack. At the same time, the head of the department emphasized that the FSB has irrefutable facts; currently the available information is of a general nature, but certain developments already exist on it.
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