The Kremlin assured today although there is no “definite hypothesis” about the authorship of the attack last Friday against the Crocus Ciy Hall, which killed at least 137 people and immediately declared by the Islamic State.

“The investigation is ongoing.“At the moment, no specific hypothesis has been made public,” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a daily telephone news conference.

The Kremlin representative thus answered the question why in official statements by Putin and other high-ranking Russian officials about the brutal terrorist attack There is no mention of the Islamic State.

“We spoke only about preliminary data, there was no hypothesis yet,” He explained and insisted: “We must wait for information from the security forces.”

In addition, Peskov defended the actions of the Russian special services, came under severe criticism on social networks.

“The security services are working tirelessly and resist all threatsto all the challenges facing our country and our society,” he said.

He emphasized that the Russian special services “They act on their own” and denied having any contact on this matter with his Western colleagues.

The Kremlin spokesman added that “There is not a single city, not a single country which is completely protected from the threat of terrorism.”

“The fight against terrorism is a constant process that requires full international cooperation.” He emphasized, adding that at present, in this “period of confrontation, aggravated to the maximum, not only is there no full measure of cooperation, there is none at all.”

He noted that the President of Russia Vladimir Putin will hold a special meeting today to discuss measures that need to be taken. after the terrorist attack. “This afternoon, towards evening, the president intends to hold a meeting to discuss measures that need to be taken after the terrorist attack,” Peskov said.

Putin will meet with representatives of law enforcement agencies, emergency services, healthcare and the social sphere. At the meeting “The President will listen to all reports from the relevant services.”

In addition, he indicated that among the topics discussed were additional measures of support from the state for victims of the attack, of these, 97 are still hospitalized.

“They headed towards Ukraine”: Putin

In his address to the nation on Saturday, President Vladimir Putin did not mention the Islamic State as a supposed jihadist threat, but This did indicate that the terrorists were heading towards the Ukrainian border.

“They tried to hide and headed towards Ukraine, where According to preliminary data, The Ukrainian side has prepared a window for them to cross the state border,” he said.

The Russian security service FSB announced the attackers They had contacts in Ukraine and were captured near the border.

Preventive detention of four suspects

Yesterday, a Russian court issued a ruling. preventive detention for two months for four detained suspects, who appeared before the judge clearly beaten. Four men have been charged with terrorism and could face life imprisonment, TASS news agency reported.

Two men appeared first before the judge. Saidakrami Rachabalizoda and Dalerjon Mirzoev. During the meeting, Mirzoev stated that he is a citizen of Tajikistan and has three minor children.

The accused, who has fully admitted his guilt, he lived in the Moscow region, his residence documents expired three months ago. Moreover, the accused did not have a criminal record, Russian media note.

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Rachabalizoda, 30 years old, He also admitted his guilt. The accused is married, has a child, and has no criminal record.

Two other suspects in the attack Fariduni Shamsudin and Muhammadsobir Faizov.

19-year-old Faizov was wearing a white coat and was accompanied by two doctors when taken to court from the hospital where he was admitted after being wounded during his arrest.

Shamsudin told the judge that worked at a factory in the Moscow region and that he has an eight-month-old son.

And Faizov, who is not married, He stated that he used to work as a hairdresser in the city of Ivanovo and was currently unemployed.

In total, Russian security forces eleven people involved in the attack were arrested, According to authorities, four of them personally participated in the massacre.

Ukraine denies responsibility for the attack

The Ukrainian government on Saturday denied all responsibility for the attack in Moscow and pointed to Russia as being responsible for the attack. without preventing it or even causing it.

“Despite the fact that the world warned about such terrorist attacks on the territory of the Russian Federation, the Putin regime “He did nothing to prevent this and is not involved in this organization,” An employee of the Military Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine (GUR) Andrei Yusov reported this to Ukrainian television.

Yusov recalled a series of explosions in Russian residential buildings in 1999, which led to the second Chechen war and contributed to the election of Vladimir Putin as President of Russia, which suggests that they were organized by the same Russian intelligence services.

The Russian version, according to which the terrorists fled towards the Ukrainian border, was categorically rejected by Yusov. “This version does not stand up to any scrutiny. “You don’t have to be a security expert to understand this,” he said.

Yusov recalled that because of the war “The border areas are full of enemy troops, special agents and representatives of law enforcement agencies.”

Already on Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Advisor to the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, Mikhailo Podolyak rejected the possible participation of Ukraine.

“We consider these accusations as a provocation by the Kremlin with the aim of incite anti-Ukrainian hysteria in Russian society“Intensify the mobilization of Russian citizens to join the criminal aggression against our state and discredit Ukraine before the international community,” the ministry said.

(according to information from EFE, Reuters And Aristegui News)