Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told reporters about this.

“Our services work independently, there is no talk of any help here... There are no contacts with Westerners now,” he said.

The Kremlin representative emphasized that Vladimir Putin had telephone conversations with colleagues from Belarus, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkey and other countries, with them they discussed strengthening cooperation in the fight against terrorism.

The head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, previously held an operational meeting at the site of the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall.