Russia blames Britain for terror attack...despite ISIS confession | LBC

Russian officials have blamed Britain for Friday's terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall, despite ISIS claiming responsibility for the massacre.

Russian expert Keir Giles joins Iain Dale to explain how on earth Russia has reached this conclusion.

Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the Federal Security Service, said on Tuesday that the UK, US and Ukraine were behind the attacks on Moscow which killed 139 people on Friday.

It's the latest attempt by Russia to link the jihadist massacre to the West, with Moscow laying the blame on Western nations after three terrorists opened fire on the venue, located outside of Moscow.

It comes as the Russian security director admitted that investigators had not yet established who ordered the attack, but asserted the West and Ukraine were directly involved.

The claims come despite Islamic terrorists taking responsibility for the attack.

The UK, US and Ukraine continue to deny any involvement.

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[mediterraneandiet]

The British and US government agencies would never do anything nasty. 🤣

[janebaghori]

If sunak is involved he should be deported to Russia for justice

[nedtl]

Russian govt never said it was ISiS but western media said ISIS claimed responsibility.

[notagain]

An attack of this sort couldn't be executed without the input from an intelligence agency.

[terranaut]

Do we believe the bull our own government says ?

[_Epsilon_]

ISIS confession? Excuse me who is ISIS exactly that you are pushing? Who manages them? These 4 guys are pretty far from religion, they were in it for money. So the question arises who was paying them? If you are honest with yourself you know who.

[daisy]

You told ISIS to claim responsibility since you created them.

[tonyatgoogle]

ISIS in Syria is fighting the Syrian govt, US in Syria is also fighting the Syrian govt. Think about that.

[DmitiryPopyoutopov]

May have been ISIS but who funded ISIS...

[sedge]

Proxy war against russia using islamists. Part 2.
(See also afghan war 1980s)

[Zog]

I’ve heard better propaganda on CNN. You’ll need to lift your game.

[mslondonsuleyman]

Of course it is the west and Ukraine 🇺🇦 we all know

[walkaz]

Amazingly the US gov predicted exactly the type of attack 2 weeks earlier in a press conference

Then claimed last week that the never did😂

[MrBLAQ]

😂😂 I remembered the pipe line that was blown up by the west and blamed on Russia.

[nohandler]

I never seen any isis correspondece coming out and saying about attack😂

[untouchboy]

USA said ISIS did the terrorist attack even before ISIS claim responsibility 😂.

[Quotesoflife.]

No one is mentioning the pay to pray part of this. They were all saying they were offered money through telegram for the terror strike.

[CreatingChaos]

“ Russias lies “ opening sentence 😂 …whatever happened to journalism ??
Ffs .. this is the same ( but worse) than the oil pipeline

[sabinahusain]

Funny how it's Russia who has caught the perpetrators and the ONLY ones to have interrogated them and checked their phones...so is the ONLY entity with actual knowledge. They have said the vans were heading straight towards Ukraine, which is a fact on CCTV, they have monitored calls to ukraine, after the attack and also, the only way to get passage back into Ukraine, would have been via government officials. Whilst also, the confessions on the perpetrators have said they were paid...but who has the money to pay them? So, how is this interviewer got more knowledge than the Russian intelligence with all the evidence? Or is this just propaganda, by mainstream media outlets again.

[newkeyinnova-nation-rewhol]

I tell you here who is responsible, without saying theirs name:
Who is in the middle of South Korea and North Korea conflict?
Who is in the middle of China and Taiwan conflict?
Who is in the middle of the Israel-Palestine conflict?
Who is in the middle of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine conflict?
There you have it☝🏻