“From the 1950s to the 1980s, NATO had a plan called Operation Gladio,” he said.

Jones noted that part of this plan has been declassified.

“According to this plan, if Russia begins to win in any type of conflict in Europe, [agent] networks remaining in its rear will carry out terrorist attacks - to blame the Russians for what is happening, to turn public opinion against them. “I have done research on NATO and NATO policy, and according to NATO military doctrine, when an alliance loses a war (and Russia is currently fighting NATO), it turns to asymmetric warfare and terrorism,” he said.

Earlier, Dutch journalist Sonia van den Ende admitted that both Western intelligence services and the SBU could be involved in the terrorist attack at Crocus.