Russia is under attack on Friday 22nd of
March Terror was Unleashed in Moscow
when a group of terrorists stormed the
crocus City Hall a major Concert Hall in
the Russian Capital with rifles in hand
the attack took place around 800 p.m.
when a concert of the Russian rock band
picnic was about to start there were
more than 6,000 people at the venue when
a group of armed men allegedly got out
of this white Renault symbol you are
seeing on screen and headed towards the
main entrance of the concert hall
moments later the attackers saiger
machine guns began to be heard curious
fact the machine guns had double
magazines fastened with insulating tape
which is what is known as Afghan
configuration as you can probably guess
it got that name precisely because it
was a setup widely used in Afghanistan
visual politic Community there is no
doubt the attackers wanted to carry out
a massive Slaughter which is exactly
what they did from the entrance the
terrorists moved into the lobby and then
into the auditorium firing Point Blank
at everything in front of them not not
only that they also used flammable
liquids to set the building on fire the
result at least 137 dead and hundreds
injured it was the largest terrorist
attack to hit Russia in more than 10
years and the questions logically are
what on Earth happened who is behind
this massacre was it Isis was it Ukraine
what are the consequences for Putin well
we're going to take a look at all that
right now we are going to see what
Russia looks like under attack let's get
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started visual politic viewers the
Russian reaction has been clear there is
more to this attack than meets the eye
while all fingers point to jihadism in
the Kremlin they began to tell a
different story for example in a
televised speech following the massacre
on Saturday Vladimir Putin naturally
condemned the attack but he also did
something else he pointed the finger at
Vladimir zelinsky's Ukraine according to
the Russian president Ukraine would have
tried to help the attackers Escape
across its border with Russia before the
Russian Security Services gave Chase in
the speech Putin did not mention
jihadism at any point the only specific
reference was to
Ukraine but it is not only the Russian
president the same night of the attack
Victor bereev a member of the Federation
Council and former commander-in-chief of
the Aerospace forces pointed directly at
Ukraine the dep uty chairman of the
security Council Dimitri meddev also
mentioned this country on top of that
the commant newspaper also published for
the first time alleged indications of
the Ukrainian Trail hints that were
leaked by the government itself they
were the first to do so but from then on
the Russian narrative has been turning
more and more to attribute the blame
directly on keev Russian authorities are
promoting the version that Ukraine is
behind the terrorist attack in crocus in
exactly the same vein officials of the
FSB Russia's Federal Security Service
said they had detained the four gunmen
in the briansk region bordering Ukraine
as they were fleeing to Ukraine so you
see in Moscow at least things seem
pretty clear don't they behind this
brutal attack were the evil
ukrainians but there was a problem or
rather two at midnight on that tragic
Friday Isis claimed responsibility for
the attack a statement that was picked
up by both Reuters and the emirati media
Outlet Al Arabia and not only that many
of the indications that commant had
published such as the use of false
beards or the membership of the shooters
in the Russian volunteer corpse that is
fighting on the Ukrainian side was soon
proven to be completely false this would
not be the first time in history that
Putin has used attacks with civilian
casualties in Moscow to justify his
military policy unfortunately it is
already apparent that the Kremlin
authorities are trying to link
yesterday's attack to Ukraine without
any basis now does it really make sense
to link the attacks to the zilinsky
government why would Putin want to do
such a thing was it or was it not the
ukrainians listen
up the
Crescent so as it stands things are
still not entirely clear but for now we
do know two things Isis has insisted and
claimed responsibility for the attack on
two occasions it has even made public a
video that the attackers recorded at the
time of the assault and where they are
seen uttering cries like Allahu abbar
while unloading the magazines of their
rifles right and left and not only that
at the beginning of March Washington had
information about a possible jihadist
attack that would take place in Moscow
the state department even issued a
warning notice to Americans in Russia
and also share the information with the
Russian government meanwhile Putin
spurned this warning on television with
words like these all this is reminiscent
of absolute blackmail and the intention
to frighten and destabilize our society
and okay I know what some of you
thinking Josh really the Americans knew
how would they know if they or their
allies weren't in on it it's plain as
day well for those of you who think so
I'm sorry to disappoint you but this
does not tell us anything at all that
the United States was aware of this
threat is not at all unusual if there is
one thing Washington has done over the
last few decades it has been to try to
monitor all the major jihadist groups
you could say it's their house
speciality and indeed following the
attack the Americans have continued to
insist they have no doubt that the
Islamic state is behind this attack
specifically the Islamic State of
corasan or Isis K an organization that
had previously attacked the Russian
Embassy in Kabul in late
2020 this branch of Isis has become the
main rival of the Taliban whom they
blame for failing to implement true
Islamic law since retaking power in 2021
since then they have clashed with the
Taliban attacked Russian Pakistani and
even Iranian positions last January for
instance they sowed Terror in Iran when
they attacked a tribute to former
revolutionary Guard general kasim sulani
who was killed by us drones 4 years ago
the attack killed more than 80 people on
the day before the attacks in Russia
this organization even attacked in the
city of kaha the epicenter of the
Taliban movement in Afghanistan in other
words we are talking about a very active
group but okay I know some of you have
probably been pondering a very specific
question for some time now what on Earth
does Isis have to do with Russia what
kind of nonsense is that well let's slow
things down a bit it's often forgotten
but the truth is that Russia is not free
from the jihadist threat we already
talked about this topic here on visual
politic about a year ago in this video
you see approximately 15% of the entire
Russian population is Muslim a figure
that is expected to exceed 20% by 2030
they are the Forgotten ones and soon
there will be more than 25 million
Russian
Muslims see for yourself these are the
seven Muslim majority territories in
Russia the five autonomous republics of
the north Caucasus along with tasan and
bashkortostan in the vulgar oral region
these are regions that have not always
exactly been peaceful in fact when Putin
came to power he had to deal with a
series of major islamist attacks the two
most well-known and that many of you
probably remember were firstly The
Assault on the dubrovka theater in
Moscow in 2002 when several Chetan
Fighters took hundreds of people hostage
it ended with almost 200 200 fatalities
then there was the terrible bezan school
massacre in 2004 which resulted in the
death of 334 people 186 of whom were
children more recently in 2017 another
islamist attack ended the lives of 15
people in the St Petersburg
Metro so when it comes down to it all
this talk of islamist attacks is not
exactly new in Russia and that's not the
end of it in recent years there has been
a lot of talk about the Islamic State in
Syria and Iraq but what is not often
mentioned is that Russia had to deal
with its own version of the Islamic
State on its own territory I'm talking
about the Caucasus Emirate an
organization that sought to create a new
independent state governed by a very
strict application of the sharah and
which would occupy the entire North
Caucasus that is not only the autonomous
republics of the region such as cnia
dagistan and inosa but the entire
territory from dagistan to the Sea of
aov itself visual politic Community we
are talking about a territory that has
the worst economic data in all of
Russia the five autonomous republics of
the Russian Caucasus are among the 10
poorest regions in the entire country
their social and economic data are very
bad this is in fact one of the reasons
why salafism a rather radical branch of
Islam has gained considerable strength
in these territories in recent
years as if that weren't enough these
regions have been particularly hit hard
by recruitments to fight in the war in
Ukraine and let's face it few things
make you more hateful than losing a son
a brother a friend and so on those are
the kinds of things that make it easier
for the population to become radicalized
but now let's return specifically to the
Moscow attack exactly what concrete
indications point to Isis
K well the first indication logically is
the group's own claim in which they even
published photographs and videos of the
attackers before and during the attack
and remember the claim was made through
AMAC Dash's own communication agency
secondly we have the US warning at the
beginning of the month and there
certainly seems to be no doubt in
Washington Isis is behind the attack
Isis is solely responsible for this
attack there was no Ukrainian
involvement and that's not even all
Russia's own Federal Security Service
recently said that it had dismantled a
cell of this ISIS group in kuga a city
southwest of Moscow in other words we
are talking about a group that
definitely has a presence in the country
what more as a fourth indication Isis K
itself has denounced and pointed the
finger at the Kremlin on several
occasions for its interventions in Syria
Mali and Bina Faso territories where the
Islamic state is present and has clashed
with Russian troops and to top it off we
now know that the perpetrators of the
attack appear to be citizens of
tajikstan okay the perpetrators from
these Muslim regions are not Russians
but we are talking about a Muslim
country where Isis is known to have some
presence what more this terrorist Oran
organization has been trying for years
to recruit migrants from tajikstan and
other Central Asian countries in Russia
who suffer very harsh conditions back in
2016 a note by analyst Mar te already
alerted us to this issue check it out
radicalism thrives among exploited
migrant workers in Russia the Islamic
state is the most aggressive in this
field Russian is the third most used
language in its propaganda after only
Arabic and English some migrants have
described how radicals prooze in and
around mosques in Moscow and also how
people from the north Caucasus visit
construction sites where they work and
promise them work in turkey or Syria in
total three hypotheses are being
considered that it was the ukrainians or
the Ukrainian allies that it was a false
flag attack to justify a new escalation
in the war with Ukraine yes there are
also those who have suggested this or
that it really was Isis visual politic
Community the first one makes no sense
think about it Ukraine would gain
nothing and gamble a lot Not only would
it justify a new escalation in the war
and make any future negotiations very
difficult it could also cause Ukraine to
lose the international support it so
badly needs for maintaining its war
effort it is cynical that the Russian
regime has started accusing Western
countries and Ukraine of involvement in
the attack on top of that the only
evidence the Kremlin has shown is that
the attackers were apparently fleeing in
the direction of Ukraine but the problem
is that this is not
true
the arrests reportedly took place in
briansk oblast around the town of tle
the problem is that this locality is
much closer to bellarus than to Ukraine
in fact we later learned that this was
apparently the destination of the
alleged
attackers but think about it it would
make no sense to head for Ukraine
currently the most protected and
controlled Russian border of all to top
it off the Russian accusation has been
constantly changing which makes it kind
of hard to believe and as for Ukraine's
allies it's much the same story nothing
to gain and too much to lose to hurt
Russia in war there are much more
efficient methods such as longrange
missiles then the false flag thing well
what can I say personally I think it's
totally crazy at the end of the day the
attack could be a serious blow to Putin
let me explain until now the Russian
president has presented himself to the
world and especially to the Russians as
the man with an iron fist the great
leader who was rebuilding the power of
the motherland Russia it was he who was
restoring greatness to the country and
who had once again guaranteed the
country's security it was he who ended
the Insurgency in Chia ended terrorism
brought Georgia close to the West
returned Crimea to the Russian people
and it would be he who would recapture
keev Russia may not be the most
prosperous country in the world but at
least it would be strong and respected
again even so over the last 2 years this
whole narrative has been disintegrating
whatever the Russian propaganda says and
however it ends the war in Ukraine has
been a failure what was intend ended to
be a military stroll in the park has
turned into a bloody war with hundreds
of thousands of casualties and no happy
end in sight and now the attack may call
into question the security achievements
themselves so it doesn't seem like the
best fce flag action in the world there
are much more direct formulas than not
rebooting fear at home or making
Russians question Putin so from our side
and with the information we have right
now we rule that one out and that leads
us directly to the third hypothesis that
it was indeed Isis K which is where all
the evidence seems to point to now then
why is the Kremlin so keen on singling
out
Ukraine by singling out Ukraine they
could be trying to turn a problem into
an opportunity you see on Friday 22nd of
March before the attack the Russian
press published two news items in the
initial item for the first time Kremlin
spokesman Dimitri pesov no longer speaks
of special military operation but of war
in an interview he said that Russia was
indeed in a state of War it is an
important change of discourse that may
be the Prelude to many new decisions yes
it started as a special military
operation but as soon as this Alliance
was formed when the collective West
became a participant on the Ukrainian
side it became a war for us and in the
second item it was published that plans
to recruit 300,000 new soldiers to
attempt a new offensive in the direction
of kke could be well Advanced according
to sources in the Russian defense
Ministry well singling out and blaming
Ukraine could facilitate all these
decisions the idea would be that the
Russians would forget to question their
leader and want revenge in other words
it is in Putin's best interest to point
the finger at Ukraine despite the fact
that there is no evidence and that
Ukraine had nothing to gain from the
attack
well visual politic viewers this is all
we knew at the time of making this video
beyond the conspiracies of all kinds
that are proliferating through social
media networks at the speed of light for
now everything seems to point to Isis K
and if confirmed this could represent a
major water leak in the already eroded
pipes of the Russian regime but at this
point the question is now for you what
do you think has happened what will
happen next and will Putin take any
drastic measures as always leave us your
impressions in the comments and let's
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