2024-03-26 23:42:26
Russian investigators brutally tortured four suspects who were directly involved in a bloody shooting at a concert hall near Moscow. But the Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the attack. “It was a successful attack for IS in a certain sense, and that’s why there will be more of them (in Russia),” says Nina Khrushchevova, a professor of international relations at The New School in New York.
Almost 140 victims. Russia will bring the massacre to Ukraine at any cost, says the expert | Video: Reuters
The district court in Moscow’s Basmanny accused Dalerdjon Mirzoyev, Muchammadsobir Fajzov, Shamsidin Fariduni and Sajdakrami Rachabalizod of committing a terrorist attack resulting in the death of other persons. After the attack in Krasnogorsk, 139 people died and 182 were injured.
According to Reuters, one of the accused Tajiks appeared with an apparent missing ear, and the other was brought in limp in a wheelchair. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov refused to answer a journalist’s question about whether they had been tortured. In addition, Russian lawmakers are beginning to call for the reintroduction of the death penalty.
“The suspects were tortured. Confessions will come. And since we know what Russian confessions are like, those confessions will probably have at least a little Ukrainian trace,” Khrushcheva points out, as revealed by videos and photos of tortured suspects. According to her, the more important question is what awaits the Russians in the future. “The Kremlin will push to prove the Ukrainian footprint, but ISIS will not disappear and it was actually a successful attack for them in a certain sense. And there will be more,” estimates the professor of international relations at The New School in New York.
John Sipher, who served as a CIA agent in Russia, believes that the Federal Security Service (FSB) may have been too busy dealing with political and other threats to Putin and his government. “(The security services) are more concerned with protecting the Kremlin than protecting the people,” said Sipher, who also predicted that Putin would now use the terror attack to justify some new action against Ukraine or the West.
The Afghan branch of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the massacre in Krasnogorsk, which is said to be massively recruiting its supporters in Tajikistan. According to estimates, up to 1.5 million immigrants from this impoverished post-Soviet country live in Russia.
Chechen separatists have carried out most of the attacks linked to Islamic extremists that have hit Russia over the past quarter-century. But the attacks, which began in 2015, were claimed by Islamic State, which has opposed Russia’s campaign in Syria. Thousands of radicals from the former Soviet Union, including hundreds of Tajiks, joined IS in Syria and Iraq.
“Rare footage” shows Putin dealing with terror near Moscow. But the video looks suspicious. (Full article with video here)
Footage of a Russian journalist, which is supposed to prove that Putin dealt with the terrorist attack near Moscow from the first moments. | Video: Aktuálně.cz/Telegram/Pavel Zarubin