٠٠:٠٠:٣٤Mandatory credit: Russian Investigative Commitee
The Russian Investigative Committee (RIC) announced an inquiry into alleged 'terrorist activity' by the 'US, Ukraine and other Western states directed against Russia', following an appeal by a group of State Duma deputies and public figures, via an address in Moscow on Monday.
"Following consideration of an appeal by State Duma deputies Andrei Krasov, Nikolai Kharitonov and Yana Lantratova and public figures Alexander Dugin and Andrei Derkach concerning the need to investigate the organisation of the financing and carrying out of terrorist activity by the US, Ukraine and other Western states directed against Russia, the Central Office of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has organised a procedural check," official representative of the RIC Svetlana Petrenko said.
According to the agency, a full analysis of all available date will be conducted.
Late on Friday, March 22, unidentified individuals dressed in military fatigues opened fire in the Crocus City Hall, a 6,000-seat multipurpose concert hall where a Russian rock band was set to perform. A massive fire broke out in the building shortly after.
Over 140 people were reported to have been killed and more than 550 injured. A number of suspects were captured and remanded in custody until May 22 on charges of 'terrorism'.
Vladimir Putin described the attack as a 'barbaric terrorist act', adding that suspects had been detained close to the border.
"They tried to hide and moved towards Ukraine, where, according to preliminary data, a window was prepared for them from the Ukrainian side to cross the state border," Putin said.
He later stated that 'radical Islamists' were responsible, and also hit out at the US for 'trying through various channels to convince its satellites and other countries of the world that, according to their intelligence, there is allegedly no trace of Kiev in the Moscow terrorist attack'.
"We want to know who ordered it," he added, while the Russian Investigative Committee subsequently said it had evidence of links to 'Ukrainian nationalists'.
Following the attack, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said it 'categorically denies' accusations of Kiev’s involvement. US national security spokesperson John Kirby called the Russian Investigative Committee's allegations 'nonsense and propaganda'.
Earlier, the United States claimed that it was a ' terrorist attack that was conducted by ISIS' and that there was 'absolutely no evidence that the government of Ukraine had anything to do with this attack'.
Russian investigators looking into 'terrorist activity' against Moscow by 'US, Ukraine and other Western states' following MPs' request
The Russian Investigative Committee (RIC) announced an inquiry into alleged 'terrorist activity' by the 'US, Ukraine and other Western states directed against Russia', following an appeal by a group of State Duma deputies and public figures, via an address in Moscow on Monday.
"Following consideration of an appeal by State Duma deputies Andrei Krasov, Nikolai Kharitonov and Yana Lantratova and public figures Alexander Dugin and Andrei Derkach concerning the need to investigate the organisation of the financing and carrying out of terrorist activity by the US, Ukraine and other Western states directed against Russia, the Central Office of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has organised a procedural check," official representative of the RIC Svetlana Petrenko said.
According to the agency, a full analysis of all available date will be conducted.
Late on Friday, March 22, unidentified individuals dressed in military fatigues opened fire in the Crocus City Hall, a 6,000-seat multipurpose concert hall where a Russian rock band was set to perform. A massive fire broke out in the building shortly after.
Over 140 people were reported to have been killed and more than 550 injured. A number of suspects were captured and remanded in custody until May 22 on charges of 'terrorism'.
Vladimir Putin described the attack as a 'barbaric terrorist act', adding that suspects had been detained close to the border.
"They tried to hide and moved towards Ukraine, where, according to preliminary data, a window was prepared for them from the Ukrainian side to cross the state border," Putin said.
He later stated that 'radical Islamists' were responsible, and also hit out at the US for 'trying through various channels to convince its satellites and other countries of the world that, according to their intelligence, there is allegedly no trace of Kiev in the Moscow terrorist attack'.
"We want to know who ordered it," he added, while the Russian Investigative Committee subsequently said it had evidence of links to 'Ukrainian nationalists'.
Following the attack, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said it 'categorically denies' accusations of Kiev’s involvement. US national security spokesperson John Kirby called the Russian Investigative Committee's allegations 'nonsense and propaganda'.
Earlier, the United States claimed that it was a ' terrorist attack that was conducted by ISIS' and that there was 'absolutely no evidence that the government of Ukraine had anything to do with this attack'.
Mandatory credit: Russian Investigative Commitee
The Russian Investigative Committee (RIC) announced an inquiry into alleged 'terrorist activity' by the 'US, Ukraine and other Western states directed against Russia', following an appeal by a group of State Duma deputies and public figures, via an address in Moscow on Monday.
"Following consideration of an appeal by State Duma deputies Andrei Krasov, Nikolai Kharitonov and Yana Lantratova and public figures Alexander Dugin and Andrei Derkach concerning the need to investigate the organisation of the financing and carrying out of terrorist activity by the US, Ukraine and other Western states directed against Russia, the Central Office of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has organised a procedural check," official representative of the RIC Svetlana Petrenko said.
According to the agency, a full analysis of all available date will be conducted.
Late on Friday, March 22, unidentified individuals dressed in military fatigues opened fire in the Crocus City Hall, a 6,000-seat multipurpose concert hall where a Russian rock band was set to perform. A massive fire broke out in the building shortly after.
Over 140 people were reported to have been killed and more than 550 injured. A number of suspects were captured and remanded in custody until May 22 on charges of 'terrorism'.
Vladimir Putin described the attack as a 'barbaric terrorist act', adding that suspects had been detained close to the border.
"They tried to hide and moved towards Ukraine, where, according to preliminary data, a window was prepared for them from the Ukrainian side to cross the state border," Putin said.
He later stated that 'radical Islamists' were responsible, and also hit out at the US for 'trying through various channels to convince its satellites and other countries of the world that, according to their intelligence, there is allegedly no trace of Kiev in the Moscow terrorist attack'.
"We want to know who ordered it," he added, while the Russian Investigative Committee subsequently said it had evidence of links to 'Ukrainian nationalists'.
Following the attack, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said it 'categorically denies' accusations of Kiev’s involvement. US national security spokesperson John Kirby called the Russian Investigative Committee's allegations 'nonsense and propaganda'.
Earlier, the United States claimed that it was a ' terrorist attack that was conducted by ISIS' and that there was 'absolutely no evidence that the government of Ukraine had anything to do with this attack'.