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| Bastrykin instructed to establish all stages of financing the terrorist attack in Crocus |
| 2024-04-06 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Despite the already available data on the transfer of funds to those accused of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, it is necessary to establish all stages of its financing, Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin said on April 5. The head of the department also instructed to continue to establish in detail the circumstances of the crime and take comprehensive measures to detain the perpetrators, accomplices and organizers involved in the terrorist attacks. Bastrykin held an operational meeting and heard a report from the investigative team on the progress of the investigation into the criminal case of the terrorist attack at Crocus. The Chairman of the Investigative Committee was informed about the continuation of investigative actions with the persons involved in the criminal case. The testimony obtained during interrogations is verified. As Regnum reported, terrorists attacked Crocus City Hall on the evening of March 22. They opened fire on visitors and set fire to the concert hall. As a result, 145 people died, including six children. In addition, about 550 people were injured. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under Art. 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Terrorist act”). Ten people were arrested in connection with the terrorist attack at Crocus, including four direct perpetrators. On April 4, FSB officers detained three more people involved in the terrorist attack in the Moscow region in Moscow, Yekaterinburg, and Omsk. They turned out to be a Russian citizen and two foreigners - all from the Central Asian region. FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov said on March 27 that the testimony of those detained in the Crocus terrorist attack case confirms the Ukrainian trace. On April 5, the Investigative Committee reported that it had identified a connection between the terrorist attack at Crocus and a special operation in Ukraine. Investigators found photos of people with the Ukrainian flag on the phone of one of the Crocus terrorists. In addition, the terrorist sent the curator photographs of the entrances to the concert hall on February 24, 2024, the anniversary of the start of the SVO. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also spoke about the Ukrainian trace in the terrorist attack case. President Vladimir Putin said on April 2 that Russia will reach all the beneficiaries and customers of the terrorist attack in Krasnogorsk. The head of state also said that those who ordered the terrorist attack at Crocus wanted to damage the unity of Russia. “Dear colleagues, good afternoon. Our main issue today is to increase the efficiency of work with manifestations of organized crime, organized crime in general,” he said. The head of state clarified that Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev will present a report on this topic. As Regnum reported, on April 2, the president noted that criminal communities often have connections abroad, including with foreign intelligence services. In view of this, the head of state demanded that attention be paid to the protection of public order, the fight against extremism, the suppression of illegal migration, the work of local services and the actions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to neutralize organized crime. Later that day, Putin pointed to the increase in the use of the hardest and most dangerous synthetic drugs in Russia, calling on law enforcement agencies to more actively combat this phenomenon. The President also called strengthening close coordination of all law enforcement and intelligence agencies one of the main tasks. |
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