Vladimir Putin in a meeting on the measures taken after the terrorist attack at the Crocus Town Hall, via videoconference. Photo: Mikhail Metzel/press service of the President of the Russian Federation/TASS
On Monday afternoon, Vladimir Putin met with government and security forces about the progress of the investigation into the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall. In front of the president, on the table, there was a large diagram of the concert hall to better understand how events unfolded in the space.
ORGANIZERS PLANNING TO SOW PANIC
– First of all, I want to once again express my deepest condolences to the families and friends of the people who died as a result of the bloody and barbaric terrorist attack on March 22 and wish a speedy recovery to the injured.
I thank everyone who saved people in difficult conditions and helped the victims. During this difficult time, our society has set an example of true solidarity, cohesion and mutual support.
Those who planned this terrorist attack hoped to sow panic and discord in our society, but they found unity and determination to resist this evil, Vladimir Vladimirovich emphasized.
RESEARCH SHOULD BE OBJECTIVE
Then the head of the country asked to talk about the progress of the investigation.
“Despite our universal pain and sadness, compassion and legitimate desire to punish all perpetrators of this brutal crime, the investigation must be carried out to the highest degree, professionally, objectively and without any political bias,” he said. the Russian leader.
For the first time, Putin revealed who could be behind the monstrous massacre:
– The crime was committed by radical Islamists, whose ideology the Islamic world itself has been fighting for centuries. But we see it: the United States is trying to convince its satellites that there is supposedly no trace of kyiv in the Moscow terrorist attack, that the bloody terrorist attack was carried out by followers of Islam, members of the ISIS organization banned in Russia. We know by whose hands this atrocity was committed against Russia and its people. We are interested in who the client is.
TERRORIST ATTACK EQUAL TO THE ATTACKS ON THE CRIMEAN BRIDGE
“The atrocity can only be one link in a whole series of attempts by those who have been fighting against our country since 2014 at the hands of the neo-Nazi regime in kyiv. And the Nazis, as is well known, never disdained using the dirtiest and most inhumane means to achieve their goals. Furthermore, today, when the announced counteroffensive has completely failed, this is recognized by everyone and no one disputes it. The Russian Armed Forces have the initiative along the entire line of combat contact, and all measures taken by the enemy to stabilize the front are unsuccessful.
Hence the attempts to enter and gain a foothold in our border territories. Bombings, including the use of multiple rocket launch systems, against peaceful neighborhoods and civilian assets, including energy infrastructure, in an attempt to launch missile attacks against the Crimean Bridge or the peninsula itself. Bloody acts of intimidation, such as the terrorist attack in Moscow, fit logically into this series.
The objective, as I already said, is to sow panic in the contracting society and show its own population that all is not lost for the kyiv regime. He just needs to carry out the orders of his Western curators, fight to the last Ukrainian, carry out Washington’s orders and pass a new mobilization law, create something like the Hitler Youth in its new edition, of course, get new weapons and additional money for This, a significant part of which you can steal and keep, as is customary in Ukraine, in your pocket.
By the way, Ukrainian nationalists back in the 20s of the last century had such an association – the Union of Young Ukrainian Nationalists, which later became part of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists.
Of course, we must also answer the question: why did the terrorists try to go to Ukraine after committing the crime? Who was waiting for them there? It is clear that those who support the kyiv regime do not want to be complicit in terrorism or sponsors of terrorism. But there really are many questions.
RUSSIAN SOCIETY SHOWED MATURITY
– The fact that bystanders, medical workers not directly related to emergency services and employees of other services, without questioning them, simply immediately ended up where they should be, helping people, this, of course, demonstrates the maturity of our society. and the willingness to defend one’s interests and fight for oneself, for one’s loved ones, only for those people who need help and support. This is a very important characteristic of the current state of our society,” said the President.
At the meeting, Putin spoke for the first time about who could be behind the monstrous massacre at Crocus City Hall.
Photo: Vladimir VELENGURIN
HOW THE INVESTIGATION IS GOING:
* The head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, reported that law enforcement officers “established the complete chronology of events.” But that’s not even the main thing.
“All the accused, during interrogation and in court, admitted their guilt and gave detailed testimonies about the circumstances of the crime, about clients and people who helped in the preparation of the terrorist attack,” reported the head of the Investigative Commission. . It is true that the clients’ names were not mentioned out loud at the meeting.
– Initial results of the investigation indicate that the terrorist attack was carefully planned and prepared. As a result of the attack, 139 people died, Bastrykin added.
The law enforcement officer said that the complex’s fire safety system will be checked:
– The investigation is checking the possibility of violation of the safety requirements of the fire extinguishing system at the Crocus City Hall concert hall. For this purpose, consoles, electronic units and control devices from the concert hall’s fire safety system were confiscated. Its objective is to investigate and study information about the mode of operation of the fire safety system at the time of the terrorist attack.
Bastrykin spoke at the meeting about the detention of three more people. They helped the terrorists prepare the attack: they gave them an apartment to live in, they found a car and transported money.
– During the inspection, two AK-74 assault rifles, more than 500 cartridges, 28 magazines with cartridges and bottles with gasoline residue were found and seized at the scene. The inspection of the crime scene continues with the participation of forensic specialists and experts of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, the head of the Investigative Committee noted.
BILLION RUBLES RAISED FOR VICTIMS
Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova reported that 52 victims were discharged from the hospital. Main injuries: gunshot wounds and carbon monoxide poisoning.
– 93 people are receiving hospital treatment, including five children. Doctors continue to fight for the lives of nine victims, including a child, whose condition is considered extremely serious, he said.
– On March 23, the “We Stand Together” movement opened a fundraiser to specifically help the families of those killed and injured in the terrorist attack. “I inform that at the moment the amount of funds raised is almost one billion rubles,” added the Deputy Prime Minister.
The State will pay the victims:
* 3 million for each death
* 1 million – injured who are currently being treated in hospital
* 100 thousand rubles – for the wounded who were limited to receiving outpatient care
LET’S GO BACK TO THE DETAILS
At the end of the meeting, the President ordered to keep him informed.
– Of course, we will return to all the questions, to all the details of the tragedy that occurred and, of course, we will discuss all this. As for the reports, as I already said, I ask you to periodically report on the progress of the investigation,” said Vladimir Vladimirovich.
