00:59Mandatory credit: Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation
The Russian Investigative Committee's official representative Svetlana Petrenko claimed that the team had obtained evidence of links between the Crocus City Hall attack suspects and 'Ukrainian nationalists', while speaking in Moscow on Thursday.
"The initial results of the investigation fully confirm the planned nature of the terrorists' actions, their thorough preparation and the financial support provided by the organisers of the crime," she said. "As a result of work with the detained terrorists, examination of the technical equipment seized from them and analysis of information on financial transactions, evidence of their links with Ukrainian nationalists has been obtained. The investigation has confirmed that the perpetrator of the terrorist act received significant amounts of money and cryptocurrency from Ukraine, which were used in the preparation of the attack.".
The official spokesperson added that law enforcers 'identified and arrested' another suspect.
"He was involved in the financing of the terrorists. The investigators will apply to the court for a preventive measure against him in the form of pre-trial detention," she stated.
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.
At time of publication, over 140 people were reported to have been killed. On Sunday, March 24, the Basmanny Court of Moscow ordered a number of suspects to be remanded in custody until May 22, on charges of 'terrorism'.
President Vladimir Putin declared a day of mourning and described the attack as a 'barbaric terrorist act' in a televised address on Saturday, adding that the 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.
On Monday, he said that 'radical Islamists' were responsible but 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.
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) also claimed the attackers planned to cross the Russian-Ukrainian border and 'had relevant contacts on the Ukrainian side'.
Ukraine has not responded to the latest claims made at time of publication. Following the attack, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said it 'categorically denies' accusations of Kiev’s involvement.
US national security spokesperson John Kirby called the 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'.
'Evidence of their links with Ukrainian nationalists has been obtained' - Russian IC on Crocus City Hall attack suspects
The Russian Investigative Committee's official representative Svetlana Petrenko claimed that the team had obtained evidence of links between the Crocus City Hall attack suspects and 'Ukrainian nationalists', while speaking in Moscow on Thursday.
"The initial results of the investigation fully confirm the planned nature of the terrorists' actions, their thorough preparation and the financial support provided by the organisers of the crime," she said. "As a result of work with the detained terrorists, examination of the technical equipment seized from them and analysis of information on financial transactions, evidence of their links with Ukrainian nationalists has been obtained. The investigation has confirmed that the perpetrator of the terrorist act received significant amounts of money and cryptocurrency from Ukraine, which were used in the preparation of the attack.".
The official spokesperson added that law enforcers 'identified and arrested' another suspect.
"He was involved in the financing of the terrorists. The investigators will apply to the court for a preventive measure against him in the form of pre-trial detention," she stated.
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.
At time of publication, over 140 people were reported to have been killed. On Sunday, March 24, the Basmanny Court of Moscow ordered a number of suspects to be remanded in custody until May 22, on charges of 'terrorism'.
President Vladimir Putin declared a day of mourning and described the attack as a 'barbaric terrorist act' in a televised address on Saturday, adding that the 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.
On Monday, he said that 'radical Islamists' were responsible but 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.
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) also claimed the attackers planned to cross the Russian-Ukrainian border and 'had relevant contacts on the Ukrainian side'.
Ukraine has not responded to the latest claims made at time of publication. Following the attack, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said it 'categorically denies' accusations of Kiev’s involvement.
US national security spokesperson John Kirby called the 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: Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation
The Russian Investigative Committee's official representative Svetlana Petrenko claimed that the team had obtained evidence of links between the Crocus City Hall attack suspects and 'Ukrainian nationalists', while speaking in Moscow on Thursday.
"The initial results of the investigation fully confirm the planned nature of the terrorists' actions, their thorough preparation and the financial support provided by the organisers of the crime," she said. "As a result of work with the detained terrorists, examination of the technical equipment seized from them and analysis of information on financial transactions, evidence of their links with Ukrainian nationalists has been obtained. The investigation has confirmed that the perpetrator of the terrorist act received significant amounts of money and cryptocurrency from Ukraine, which were used in the preparation of the attack.".
The official spokesperson added that law enforcers 'identified and arrested' another suspect.
"He was involved in the financing of the terrorists. The investigators will apply to the court for a preventive measure against him in the form of pre-trial detention," she stated.
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.
At time of publication, over 140 people were reported to have been killed. On Sunday, March 24, the Basmanny Court of Moscow ordered a number of suspects to be remanded in custody until May 22, on charges of 'terrorism'.
President Vladimir Putin declared a day of mourning and described the attack as a 'barbaric terrorist act' in a televised address on Saturday, adding that the 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.
On Monday, he said that 'radical Islamists' were responsible but 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.
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) also claimed the attackers planned to cross the Russian-Ukrainian border and 'had relevant contacts on the Ukrainian side'.
Ukraine has not responded to the latest claims made at time of publication. Following the attack, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said it 'categorically denies' accusations of Kiev’s involvement.
US national security spokesperson John Kirby called the 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'.