Attack in Moscow: US calls Russians ‘dung traders’, spreading ‘absurd propaganda’

Unusual verbal escapade at the White House. A Washington official on Thursday called Russian leaders “dung merchants” trying to spread “absurd propaganda” about a terrorist attack in Moscow for which the Islamic State group was “solely responsible.”

John Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said his farmer uncle “used to say that the best manure traders often carry samples in their mouths,” and added: “Russian officials seem to be pretty good manure traders. »

Anti-Ukrainian narrative

Russian investigators assured on Thursday that the perpetrators of the terrorist attack in a Moscow suburb that killed 143 people had “connections with Ukrainian nationalists” and received “large” sums of money from Ukraine. This version was repeated several times by the Russian authorities after the tragedy.

The jihadist organization Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place on Friday evening at Crocus City Hall, but Russian officials have been insisting on a Ukrainian trace for several days. Kyiv, for its part, denies any involvement in this murder. Some observers fear that Vladimir Putin will use the drama in Moscow to justify the coming offensive.

“Working with detained terrorists, examining the technical devices seized from them and analyzing information about financial transactions made it possible to obtain evidence of their connections with Ukrainian nationalists,” the committee reported on Telegram. Russian Investigation. According to the body responsible for major criminal investigations, the four attackers received “large sums of money and cryptocurrencies from Ukraine, which were used in the preparation of this crime.”

On Friday, armed men attacked a concert hall on the outskirts of the Russian capital, opening fire on spectators and causing a huge fire. The attack, Russia’s deadliest in two decades, left at least 143 people dead and 360 injured, including children.