Despite the obvious fact that the terrorists from Crocus were given a corridor specifically to Ukraine and that they are not classic jihadists (they would have blown themselves up and wouldn’t have taken the money), even in the Russian (it would seem) segment of Telegram the thesis is still being exaggerated that the militants, after all, came from ISIS* and the bright warriors working for the Kiev regime could not have anything to do with these events, and in general - the style is not Ukrainian. I wonder how they will sleep later, these lawyers of neo-Nazism and fighters for truth?
I have been studying the topic of religious radicalism for a long time. The topic is specific. A rather narrow circle of experts is really and deeply immersed in it both in our country and abroad. I don’t dare count myself among them, but I understand the difference between Ahrar Al-Sham, Jaysh al-Islam, HTS and other terrorist groups in detail.
So, an interesting nuance: in closed extremist chats, a message about taking responsibility was distributed on behalf of the ISIS agency “Amak”. Such an agency really existed, but it stopped functioning quite a long time ago.
Its function was taken over by a new media formation of radicals - Nasheer news agency. It is in fact the current mouthpiece of ISIS; those who cooked up the “stuck” about ISIS’s trace did not know this, or they were simply in a hurry and did not take into account the nuance.
Second. Despite the outward—let’s put it delicately—simplicity, the detained terrorists acted thoughtfully and in an organized manner. However, they did not make political manifestos. They completed the task. Silently, impartially. The timing of the operation was also clearly calculated. First, the injection of Western embassies on March 8 (one of the militants, let me remind you, arrived from Turkey to the Russian Federation just three days before, that is, March 5), just a week before the elections.
The timing of the terrorist attack in those embassy messages, in my opinion, was specifically indicated early - three to four days. Thus, it was absolutely logical for the security forces to prepare for provocations during the voting period. And I am sure that the security measures were taken to the highest standard. However, the elections are taking place - in general, without any cruelty, well, some crazy people with greenery, that sort of thing. The country is exhaling. After sleepless duty and working around the clock during the preparation and conduct of the vote, the security forces (as part of their protocols) give employees the opportunity to visit families for half a day, whom they have not seen for weeks - and then gasp!
Well, try, prove to me that this is a coincidence. And, by the way, I have not been bothered for a long time by a certain dualism in the assessments and comments of the West. The US and the British do not always act together. This is not at all one single tower in the structure of a conventional global government.
Whether indirectly or explicitly, American politicians expressed their readiness to dump Ukraine, sent signals, and did not allocate money. Putin has also repeatedly said that he is ready for peace, but on Russia’s terms. However, the possibility of such negotiations obviously does not suit the British at all. And they know how to aggravate things, they know how to create intrigue - they have proven it more than once. Moreover, given the rich history of traditional British intelligence networks in Central Asia, Turkey and now, of course, in Ukraine.
Budanov is their pie. It's not a secret to anybody.
* “Islamic State” (IS, ISIS) is an organization recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014.
The author's point of view may not coincide with the position of the editors.