WSJ backs evidence-free US “ISIS” assertion for Moscow attacks, but condemns Russian accusation of Ukrainian connection as “baseless” despite the involvement of Ukrainian citizens and the escape
What’s the more plausible explanation - that a practically non-existent irrelevant-for-years terrorist group running unsophisticated operations in Syria suddenly assembled an A-Team to kill 150 people in Moscow, or that the Ukrainian citizen(s) who tried to flee to Ukraine committed the attack at the behest of Ukraine, which is currently at war with Russia? A real mystery!
In fairness, if Snowden was arrested while boarding a flight for Moscow that doesn't necessarily prove that Russia was behind his whistleblowing in some way.
I'm not saying that the Ukrainians didn't do this, just pointing out that this argument isn't solid by itself.
Well, yeah. Where did you wanted to escape? To bielorussia so Lukashenko sends them back? Running towards an eenemy of Russia (in the middle of a war) makes perfect sense.
I do understand why so many people are doubting this attack, but i honestly think the truth is (this time) much simpler. Russia had been attacking radical groups in the middle east for several years, and one of them managed to commit an attack.
At most the US will be guilty of having more information on the attack and not reporting it to russian authorities, but this time i don't think they are behind it.
Cruelty is the point, sure. But randomly attacking russian citizens doesn't help neither Ukraine nor the US. Hell, it only helps Putin and ISIS.