At least 40 killed in 'terrorist attack' at concert hall near Moscow

28 MAR, 23:11

Debate about Ukrainian president’s legitimacy may be moot after May 20 — Lavrov

The top Russian diplomat also pointed to Zelensky’s decree banning him from holding talks with the Russian leadership.

MOSCOW, March 28. /TASS/.

"Talk about Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s legitimacy may be moot after his term expires on May 20, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

As for the May 20 deadline and what will happen on May 21, let’s wait and see. Perhaps, we won’t need to recognize anything," he said in an interview with the Izvestia daily.

Lavrov also pointed to Zelensky’s decree banning him from holding talks with the Russian leadership. According to the top diplomat, Russian President Vladimir Putin "has made numerous statements on the matter, highlighting our readiness to engage in serious negotiations." "However, in order to make sure that this process is taken seriously or at least ensure that there is hope for it to be serious, he told Zelensky’s Western sponsors: let him first revoke the decree. This issue has been brought up before," Lavrov noted."

Debate about Ukrainian president’s legitimacy may be moot after May 20 — Lavrov - Russian Politics & Diplomacy - TASS

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This little turd is an acolyte of Sabang and swallowed every bit of the horseshit propaganda that he used to post. Surprised, you are just catching on.

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To be fair to helge, he's got some way to go before he matches Oh Oh's levels of brainwashed lunacy. :)

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Originally Posted by hallelujah

To be fair to helge, he's got some way to go before he matches Oh Oh's levels of brainwashed lunacy.

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I don't know what's up and down here. You do in your usual Bombastic way though

In case you are wrong, would you then like your Crow ...well done or rare ?

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Originally Posted by helge

I don't know what's up and down here. You do in your usual Bombastic way though

In case you are wrong, would you then like your Crow ...well done or rare ?

:bananaman:

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When you're regularly on the same side as OhOh, it's time to reassess your position.

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Originally Posted by hallelujah

When you're regularly on the same side as OhOh, it's time to reassess your position.

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I'll prefer him anyday to your ally and friend BSnub

(I'll post a gift for you in World Football)

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Originally Posted by OhOh

At the moment, there is insufficient evidence to say -- let alone with absolute certainty -- that the attack committed in Moscow was planned, prepared and executed to some Islamic State master-plan.

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Absolutely true but on the flip side there is absolutely no evidence the Ukraine had anything to do with it. Investigate away but doubt the whole truth and nothing but the truth will ever be known.

It's a shame the high-heeled war criminal keeps embarrassing poor hoohoo with these gems.

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In early March, Russia’s Federal Security Service, better known as the FSB, said it had thwarted an ISIL plan to attack a Moscow synagogue.

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Moscow concert hall attack: Why is ISIL targeting Russia? | ISIL/ISIS News | Al Jazeera

I just gotta say that the guys that carried out this last attack on Russians, IMO, have to be the bravest of the brave. They knew 100 % how they were going to be treated upon capture. They could have killed themselves prior to capture but no. They surely knew/know what they were in for but did they bottle out? No . Truly brave men. :spin:

perhaps it was their faith in allah that negated their fear, in which case it should be called stupidity rather than bravery.

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Originally Posted by Pragmatic

I just gotta say that the guys that carried out this last attack on Russians, IMO, have to be the bravest of the brave.

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Surely you are joking. Have you seen the videos of them being captured and after? Trust me, they were far from brave. In all honesty, I am really suspicious about the "captured" terrorists. Very possible that they had nothing to do with the terrorist attack and are just random muzzies plucked off the street and used to parade them around for internal ruzzian consumption.

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Originally Posted by bsnub

Very possible that they had nothing to do with the terrorist attack and are just random muzzies plucked off the street and used to parade them around for internal ruzzian consumption.

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They've admitted to their part in the attack and being paid for doing it.

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Originally Posted by Pragmatic

They've admitted to their part in the attack and being paid for doing it.

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Have you seen the condition of those "captured"? One had his ear cut off and was forced to eat it, there are photos of them with their pants down getting electroshock torture on their testicles. Do you think any confessions they made are real? FFS. I am really starting to wonder about people on this forum.

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Do you think any confessions they made are real? FFS. I am really starting to wonder about people on this forum.

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The same can be said for the likes of you. You seem to have this high opinion that you're never wrong.

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Originally Posted by bsnub

Very possible that they had nothing to do with the terrorist attack and are just random muzzies plucked off the street and used to parade them around for internal ruzzian consumption.

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Could be. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark with this whole thing. Queue helge. :)

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Originally Posted by Norton

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark with this whole thing. Queue helge.

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Hello :)

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Originally Posted by bsnub

Do you think any confessions they made are real? FFS.

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Have to say that I agree with Snoopy.

Someone shoot me in the Neck :(

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Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Only a fucking moron would believe Russia when it predictably blames Ukraine of sponsoring Islamic State attacks on its territory.

What next, Ukraine hacked the ship that drove into the bridge in Baltimore?

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That was done by the Chinky Bastards, didn't you know ?


Try to keep up, Harry

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Iran alerted Russia to security threat before Moscow attack, sources say

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran tipped off Russia about the possibility of a major "terrorist operation" on its soil ahead of the concert hall massacre near Moscow last month, three sources familiar with the matter said.


In the deadliest attack inside Russia in 20 years, gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons at concertgoers on March 22 at the Crocus City Hall, killing at least 144 people in violence claimed by the Islamic State militant group.


"Days before the attack in Russia, Tehran shared information with Moscow about a possible big terrorist attack inside Russia that was acquired during interrogations of those arrested in connection with deadly bombings in Iran," said one source.


Iran's intelligence ministry said in January it had arrested 35 people linked to twin bombings on Jan. 3 in the southeastern city of Kerman that killed nearly 100 people. On Jan. 19, the ministry said it had arrested a commander of Islamic State's Afghanistan-based branch ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K).


Islamic State claimed responsibility for the Iran blasts, the bloodiest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. U.S. intelligence sources said ISIS-K had carried out both the Jan. 3 attacks in Iran and the March 22 shootings in Moscow.


Islamic State once occupied large swathes of Iraq and Syria, imposing a reign of terror and inspiring lone wolf attacks in Western countries, but was declared territorially defeated in 2017.


However ISIS-K, one of its most fearsome branches, has raised the group's profile again with large-scale bloodshed.


ISIS-K, named after an old term for a region that encompassed parts of Iran, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, emerged in eastern Afghanistan in late 2014 and quickly established a reputation for extreme brutality.


'SIGNIFICANT OPERATION'


A second source, who also requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue, said the information Tehran provided to Moscow about an impending attack had lacked specific details regarding timing and the exact target.


"They (the members of ISIS-K) were instructed to prepare for a significant operation in Russia... One of the terrorists (arrested in Iran) said some members of the group had already travelled to Russia," the second source said.


A third source, a senior security official, said: "As Iran has been a victim of terror attacks for years, Iranian authorities fulfilled their obligation to alert Moscow based on information acquired from those arrested terrorists."


Iran's foreign ministry and the Kremlin did not reply to a request for comment on this story. The White House had no comment on the matter.


A source familiar with the U.S. intelligence on an impending attack in Russia said it was based on interceptions of "chatter" among ISIS-K militants.


Challenging the U.S. assertions, Russia has said it believes Ukraine was linked to the attack, without providing evidence. Kyiv has strongly denied the assertion.


It is harder, however, for Russia to dismiss intelligence from diplomatic ally Iran on the attack, which raised questions over the effectiveness of Russian security services. Moscow and Tehran, both under Western sanctions, have deepened military and other cooperation since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.


TAJIK NATIONALS


Both the attacks in Kerman and near Moscow involved Tajik nationals. ISIS-K has aggressively recruited from the impoverished former Soviet republic of Tajikistan, security experts say.


Sources said Iran had discussed its security concerns with Tajikistan. A diplomatic source in Tajikistan confirmed that Tehran had recently discussed with Dushanbe the issue of increased involvement of ethnic Tajiks in militant activities.


Islamic State harbours a virulent hatred for Shi'ites -- Iran's dominant sect and also the targets of its affiliate's attacks in Afghanistan. It views them as apostates.


In 2022 Islamic State claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a Shi'ite shrine in Iran that killed 13 people. Tehran identified the attacker as a Tajik national.


Earlier attacks claimed by Islamic State include twin bombings in 2017 that targeted Iran's parliament and the tomb of the Islamic Republic's founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Iran alerted Russia to security threat before Moscow attack, sources say

Four people detained in Dagestan - linked to mass shooting

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Four foreign persons were detained on Sunday in the southern region of Dagestan in Russia.

They are accused of being involved in financing the deadly mass shooting at a concert hall outside Moscow on Friday, March 22.

This writes Reuters based on reports from the Russian state news media Tass.

According to the Russian Security Service (FSB), one of the four detainees has confessed to personally handing over weapons to the men who carried out the attack.

At least 144 people were killed in the mass shooting, Reuters reported.

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, but according to Putin and the FSB, the Islamic State is to some extent in league with Ukraine. Ukraine rejects this.


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Originally Posted by helge

That was done by the Chinky Bastards, didn't you know ?


Try to keep up, Harry

:)

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Oh dear, looks like helge's run out of bullshit.

Russia to investigate US and NATO officials for ‘financing terrorism’

Russian investigators have opened a criminal case against unnamed “US and NATO officials” they suspect of “financing terrorism”.


The Russian Investigative Committee claimed on Tuesday that funds transferred through commercial organisations, “in particular the oil and gas company Burisma Holdings, operating in Ukraine”, had been used to “carry out terrorist attacks” both in Russia and abroad.


Following last month’s Moscow concert hall attack, several Russian lawmakers and public figures, including former presidential candidate Nikolay Kharitonov, called on the Investigative Committee to investigate “terrorist activity by the US, Ukraine and other Western states against Russia”.

These statements align with the Russian government’s repeatedly stated belief that the West was somehow involved in the Crocus City Hall attack. Kharitonov said on his Telegram channel in March that “the US and its allies are carrying out terror attacks on Russian territories at the hands of the Islamic State terrorist group and the Ukrainian security services”.


Russian President Vladimir Putin doubled down on these claims last week, arguing that Russia could “hardly be an object of attack by Islamic fundamentalists” as the country was “a unique example of interfaith and interethnic unity”.


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky previously condemned the Kremlin’s attempts to exploit the Moscow concert hall attack for its own political ends, and accused Putin of attempting to “turn such a situation to his personal advantage”.

Russia to investigate US and NATO officials for ‘financing terrorism’ — Novaya Gazeta Europe

Fuck me not that old chestnut.

Has the high heeled war criminal been reading three year old copies of the American Spectator?

Or is he desperately trying to convince his people he hasn't brought terrorism to their door by slaughtering muslims?

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Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Oh dear, looks like helge's run out of bullshit.

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Not as long as you are here, Harry

You are the never ending source of material and inspiration.

TD's own Trump

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Originally Posted by helge

Not as long as you are here, Harry

You are the never ending source of material and inspiration.

TD's own Trump

:bananaman:

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Shut up you dribbling moron.