Putin Blames Ukraine for Moscow Concert Hall Attack Despite IS Claim

At least 115 people were killed in the concert hall attack, with the venue's roof collapsing during the incident.

In the shadow of a freshly consolidated political mandate, a mass killing at a Moscow concert hall has forced Russia to confront a question it seems unwilling to answer honestly: who is truly responsible? At least 115 people died when gunmen opened fire at Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk on Friday night, with the Islamic State's Afghanistan branch swiftly claiming the act — a claim corroborated by American intelligence. Yet President Putin, who had been warned of the threat and dismissed those warnings, turned the nation's grief toward Ukraine, a redirection that speaks less to evidence than t

Putin Blames Ukraine for Moscow Concert Hall Attack Despite IS Claim

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