Index – Foreign – Two million forints were promised to the terrorists who carried out the terrorist attack in Moscow

The terrorists who shot at the visitors of the Crocus City Hall shopping center in Moscow received half a million rubles each for the attack, said one of the assassins who was detained on suspicion of the crime during the preliminary interrogation.

In the video, possibly taken immediately after his detention, a man of Central Asian appearance said he had subscribed to a group or channel on Telegram where he listens to “sermons”. The detained person claims that about a month ago he was contacted by a “preacher’s assistant”, who did not give his name or surname, but offered 500,000 rubles (about HUF 2 million) for a terrorist attack. Half of the amount was transferred to your card as an advance.

During the interrogation, the man was asked who they had to kill, to which he replied that “it didn’t matter, only people,” wrote Unian, which also published a video of the interrogation.

Vladimir Putin promised retaliation

As we reported, there was a shooting in the Crocus City Hall shopping center in Moscow on Friday evening, March 22. According to preliminary reports, the incident has at least 133 victims, including at least three children, and 145 wounded.

The Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the attack, in which five militants may have participated. The manhunt began immediately. In Krasnogorsk, near Moscow, on Friday night, several masked gunmen opened fire at a rock band concert, threw a grenade or incendiary bomb into the auditorium, where an explosion occurred and then a fire broke out.

On Saturday morning, the four terrorists suspected of the Moscow shooting were arrested in the Bryansk region, near the Ukrainian border. The identity of the perpetrators was also made public. On Saturday afternoon, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed his people, promised stricter anti-terrorism measures and retaliation, and declared March 24 a national day of mourning. The Russian head of state said that those who carried out this “barbaric attack” have “no future”. You can read the entire speech by clicking here.

Kyiv claims it has nothing to do with it

Kyiv repeatedly denied on Saturday that it had anything to do with the terrorist attack that took place near Moscow on Friday night, after the Russian Security Service (FSB) said that the attackers had connections to Ukraine and wanted to flee to Ukraine when they were captured, MTI reported.

“We have been waiting for this version, according to which the Russian leaders are following the Ukrainian lead,” Mihajlo Podoljak, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office, wrote on X.

Ukraine has nothing to do with the incident

he stated.

Andriy Yusov, the spokesman of the Ukrainian military intelligence, also told the British news agency Reuters: Ukraine did not participate in the attack, and references to the Ukrainian connection have nothing to do with reality. According to the FSB, all four terrorists suspected of the attack were caught on their way to the Ukrainian border and had connections to Ukraine.

This is, of course, another lie of the Russian special services, which has nothing to do with reality and does not stand up to any criticism

Andriy Yusov declared. He explained: Ukraine is not involved in this terrorist attack, it is defending its sovereignty against the Russian aggressors, liberating its territory and fighting the occupying army against military targets, not civilians. The terrorist organization Islamic State took responsibility for the attack in a Telegram message, in which they also deny the involvement of the Ukrainians.