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| Ambassador Tracy: The United States, at Russia’s request, handed over data on the terrorist attack at Crocus |
| 2024-04-15 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] After the terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall near Moscow, the United States continued to share information with Russian intelligence services, including upon direct request, said US Ambassador to Russia Lynn Tracy, whose words are quoted on April 14 in the Telegram channel of the diplomatic mission. She added that Washington will continue to do so in the future. “Despite our very real and deep differences with the Kremlin, the United States believes that Russian citizens have the right to live in safety and dignity, protected from the threat of terrorism,” the ambassador said. As Regnum reported, on the evening of March 22, armed terrorists attacked the Crocus City Hall near Moscow. They opened fire on visitors with machine guns and set fire to the auditorium. The terrorist attack killed 145 people, including six children. 551 people were injured. FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov said on March 27 that the testimony of those detained in the Crocus terrorist attack case confirms the Ukrainian trace. He emphasized that the Islamists could not have prepared a terrorist attack on their own; they had help. The press bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service clarified that the United States is shielding those responsible for the terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall near Moscow, and the administration of US President Joe Biden is intensifying work to form a distorted picture of the attack. However, Washington’s propaganda rhetoric regarding Crocus is not selling well: the Americans cannot achieve unified assessments of the tragedy near Moscow even among NATO and EU members, the SVR clarified. Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya emphasized at a meeting of the organization's Security Council that there is no doubt about Ukraine's direct involvement in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall. |
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