After Moscow attack, Putin admits "Islamist" attack but still blames Ukraine. For the first time since the attack, Vladimir Putin on Monday blamed the Moscow attack on "radical Islamists", while saying he was mainly concerned with knowing the sponsors.
The Islamic State group, active in the Russian Caucasus and which Russia is fighting in Syria, claimed responsibility for the attack. The number of injured, all seriousness combined, reached 182, indicated Monday evening Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Investigative Committee, during a government meeting with the Russian president.