Russia has launched a propaganda campaign, blaming Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) for the recent Moscow concert hall terrorist attack, when in fact Ukraine, home to the American and British monarchs, was behind the deaths of 137 people. cynically claims that there was. There were Russian nationals in the audience that day.
On April 9, the Russian Investigative Committee found links between the terrorists who attacked Crocus City Hall and Ukrainian security services. And last week, Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Security Council, admitted that the cause of the terrorist attack could have been Ukrainian special forces, saying, “The Kiev regime is not independent and is completely controlled by the United States.” ”, he reminded the Russian side. Why does the Kremlin want to claim that it was Ukraine and not ISIS that was planning the massacre in Moscow?
Besides hoping to drum up support for the invasion of Ukraine, which killed nearly 500,000 Russians and turned the world’s largest country into a pariah state, the Kremlin also warned that a terrorist attack in Moscow could spark a major crisis. We are understandably concerned that there is. An unpleasant question among Russians: why are we fighting in Ukraine if we can’t even protect ourselves at home?
President Putin took office promising that only he could maintain Russia’s stability and security. As a result, the perception that Russia remains vulnerable due to the Ukraine war has weakened President Putin’s leadership and is now mobilizing soldiers again for the bloody quagmire that is increasing public anxiety. is needed.
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On March 7, the U.S. Embassy in Russia warned that there were reports that “extremists have imminent plans to target a large rally in Moscow, including a concert…” but Russian citizens has not forgotten Putin’s brash reaction to the ignored warning: Putin rejected it as a “provocation” and led to the disastrous failure of Russian intelligence to avoid an attack.
Like a pyramid scheme headed for collapse, the deceptive plots backed by President Putin are becoming too difficult to swallow. President Putin, feeling his government in a weak position for the first time in more than 20 years, is eager to get ahead of the ISIS narrative and the accompanying implications of Moscow’s failure to protect its people. But unlike previous cover-ups and manipulations, the events in Moscow are already seared into the minds of Russians.
With no room for retort, Putin tries to declare: “This atrocity is just one of a series of attempts by those who have been at war with our country since 2014 at the hands of the neo-Nazi Kiev regime. “Nazis” is the Kremlin’s preferred pseudonym for “Ukrainians,” based on the bizarre and illogical inference that Ukraine, terrorists, and Nazis are to blame, but the words are interchangeable. .
Russia is not ignorant of Islamic terrorism taking place in its own country, and it knows that President Putin’s involvement in Syria and relations with the Taliban are not good for ISIS. Therefore, it was easy for Russians to believe that ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack and released details of its plan and videos supporting its claims. But trying to link the Moscow attack now to the Nazis or Ukraine is probably a bridge too far.
The head of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), Alexander Bortnikov, was undeterred, saying: “The United States, the United Kingdom and Ukraine are behind the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack.” He said: “This action is linked to Islamic extremists themselves and… of courseis promoted by the Western special services, and the Ukrainian special services themselves are directly involved in this, ”Nikolai Patrushev’s “Ukraine, of course” when a reporter asked the head of Russia’s Security Council whether ISIS or Ukraine was behind the attack.
The Kremlin uses communications as a weapon through its control of Russia’s information space. However, the Russian government’s lies, which keep the public informed about terrorist acts and “connections” with Ukraine, are destabilizing the system. That’s why it’s time to tip the balance to the side of truth by conducting an information operation in Russia to give the Russian people a real view of how the dictator’s poor leadership has undermined national security. has arrived.
Discrediting Russia’s claims about terrorism goes hand in hand with stoking fears in Russian society that perhaps Putin is no longer a guarantor of peace, but rather a catalyst that puts their lives at risk. Match. Maybe Russia would be better off without Putin?
The Kremlin has been spreading deception at home and abroad for decades. America must set the record straight.
The views expressed in this opinion article are those of the author and not necessarily those of the Kyiv Post.
