The Russian president, Vladimir Putinsuggested that Ukraine is behind the terrorist attack perpetrated on Friday at a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow, where 139 people died and which was immediately claimed by the Islamic State. “And the Nazis, as is well known, have never had qualms about using the dirtiest and most inhumane means to achieve their objectives,” he said during a meeting on the measures to be taken after the attack and which was broadcast live on the television.

Putin recalled that just now is when the Ukrainian counteroffensive has “completely” failed, so Ukraine needs to score points with its Western sponsors. While he called for answers to many questions, he himself responded that the attack on Crocus City Hall is reminiscent of the usual Kyiv leitmotif.

“We must answer the question why terrorists after committing the crime They tried to flee right through Ukrainewho was waiting for them,” he said. In addition, he also wondered who benefits from an attack that was “an act of intimidation” and that took place just the day after Putin was declared president-elect.

“This crime may be just one link in a series of attempts by those who have been fighting against our country since 2014 with the hands of the Kyiv neo-Nazi regime“, he stated. Putin denounced the United States’ attempts to “persuade its satellites and other countries of the world that, according to their intelligence data, supposedly, there is no trace of Kyiv in the Moscow attack, that the bloody act was committed by followers of Islam, members of the organization banned in Russia, the Islamic State.”

“How do radical Islamists, who position themselves as orthodox Muslims, who profess what is known as pure Islam, proceed to commit horrible barbarities and crimes in the holy month for Muslims, Ramadan?” he asked. Next, he questioned again whether, “radical and Islamic terrorist organizations are really interested in launching attacks against Russia, which today advocates for a fair settlement to the acute conflict in the Middle East”.

At the same time, he admitted that those who support Kyiv “do not want to be complicit in terror and sponsors of terrorism. But, indeed, there are many questions“While the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in several videos, Ukraine has categorically denied having anything to do with the attack.