Russian Investigative Committee Has Proof of Crocus Terrorists' Connection With Kiev Nationalists

Russian Investigative Committee Has Proof of Crocus Terrorists' Connection With Kiev Nationalists

Sputnik

The investigation has obtained evidence of the connection of the terrorists who carried out the attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue with Ukrainian nationalists, the Russian Investigative Committee said on Thursday.

"The initial results of the investigation fully confirm the planned nature of the terrorists' actions, careful preparation and financial support from the organizers of the crime. As a result of working with detained terrorists, analyzing the technical devices seized from them, analyzing information about financial transactions, evidence of their connection with Ukrainian nationalists has been obtained," the Russian Investigative Committee said on Telegram.

The investigation has information about the receipt of significant sums of money and cryptocurrency from Ukraine by the perpetrators of the terrorist attack in Crocus, reports the Russian Investigative Committee.

The terrorists received significant amounts of money and cryptocurrency from Ukraine, Russian investigators added.

"The investigation has confirmed data on the receipt of significant amounts of money and cryptocurrencies from Ukraine to the perpetrators of the terrorist attack, which were used in the preparation of the crime," the report said.

A shooting occurred last Friday in the Crocus City Hall concert venue in the city of Krasnogorsk, just outside Moscow, followed by a massive fire. A Sputnik correspondent who witnessed the attack reported that a number of gunmen in camouflage broke into the music hall, shooting people point-blank and throwing incendiary bombs. The Russian Investigative Committee said that at least 143 people were killed as a result of the terrorist attack.

Another suspect involved in financing of terrorists that attacked the Crocus City Hall concert venue near Moscow last week has been detained, the Russian Investigative Committee said on Thursday.

US intelligence agencies did not provide Russia with all the information they had about the threat of a terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, fearing they would reveal their sources, The New York Times reports Aleksandr Bortnikov, the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), emphasized Tuesday in public comments that the information the United States provided was “of a general nature.” “We reacted to this information, of course, and took appropriate measures,” he said, noting that the actions the FSB took to follow up on the tip didn’t confirm it.