The terrorist attack on Russia on the night of 22 March shocked the whole world. So far 133 people have died. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia will avenge blood with blood. However, who is guilty and from whom revenge will be taken is still not clear.
ISIS has taken responsibility for the attack. Nevertheless, Russia is strengthening its relations with Ukraine. At the same time, experts and former agents of the Russian intelligence agency are also putting Putin in the dock.
3 possible reasons for the Moscow attack and their characters
1 . Security breach
Experts believe that Russia has a history of mob attacks. Such attacks used to happen in the 1990s. When separatist fighters from Muslim-majority areas of Chechnya took over concert halls, hospitals and schools in Russia.
Inputs about the attack were also received from security agencies of western countries. Putin ignored these inputs. Putin accused Western countries of blackmailing him through such inputs. Experts believe that if Putin and Russia’s intelligence agencies had taken it seriously, the attack could have been foiled.
Moscow resident Alexander tells Al Jazeera that guards are the people in Russia living in the worst conditions, with their salaries very low. In such circumstances, they do their work very poorly. Security experts in Moscow believe that Friday’s attack exposed the failure of Russia’s National Guards and Special Services.
2 . Crane plot
ISIS-K has claimed responsibility for the attack. Russian leader Alexander wrote on Telegram channel on Saturday that Tajikistan passports have been found from all the attackers. Tajikistan and Afghanistan share borders with each other. Where ISIS-K operates. The people here speak a Persian mixed language.
Despite this, Putin or his officials did not even take the name of the organization. On the contrary, Putin, in his address on the attack, said that after the attack all the terrorists had fled towards Ukraine. After arresting 11 people, Russian security forces said that all the attackers have contacts in Ukraine.
Ukraine has denied any involvement in this attack. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said it is certain that Putin and his other thugs will blame us. Although we have no role in this attack, we are protecting our borders from Russia.
A Ukrainian think tank has blamed the Russian government for this attack and said that Putin has got his own people attacked to get sympathy.
3 . Dark history of russia
According to Al Jazeera, many experts are suspecting the involvement of ISIS in this attack. Alisher Ilkhamov, who works for a think tank in London, said that if we think about who will benefit most from this attack. So I don’t think the answer is ISIS. This terrorist organization has no interest in Russia.
At the same time, Putin benefits from this. According to Ilkhamov, Russia has received sympathy from all over the world regarding the ISIS angle. Putin’s critics believe he has a history of using flawed operations. However, the critics’ claims were never proven. According to the New York Times, the attacks on Russia in the 1990s strengthened Putin’s image.
A former agent who worked for Russia’s intelligence agency FSB in Germany says that in 1999, just a month after Putin became Prime Minister, there was an explosion in a building. Dozens of people were killed in this. Russia blamed this on Chechen separatists. Using this attack as an excuse, Russia started a second war in Chechnya. Due to this, Putin’s popularity in Russia skyrocketed and he became the President of Russia in the year 2000.
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