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Moscow Attack: 93 Killed, 11 Suspects Arrested

Hours after a terrorist attack on a concert hall near Moscow, Russia said on Saturday that it had arrested 11 people, including four assailants, and reported a new death toll of 93, which it warned could rise. Friday evening's attack, which was claimed by the Islamic State, is the deadliest in Moscow for at least a decade. The Kremlin said the ...

Putin Vows Revenge, Assailants Arrested

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday called the attack on a concert hall that killed more than 130 on Friday, a "barbaric terrorist act" and vowed harsh retribution to all those involved. In a televised address, Putin said all four gunmen had been arrested before they had a chance to cross the border into Ukraine. "I am speaking to you ...

Poland: Russia Breaches Airspace, Air Defense Systems Activated

After a Russian missile breached its airspace as part of increased attacks on Ukraine on Sunday, Poland said that it will demand an explanation from Moscow and has activated its air defense systems. Poland said on Sunday that it would demand an explanation from Moscow after a Russian cruise missile fired at towns in western Ukraine and ...

Russia Detains Four Tajik Suspects In Moscow Attack

Four Tajik nationals accused of carrying out a terror attack at a Moscow concert hall are to be held on "terror" charges, on Monday. Russia has ordered four men accused of killing at least 137 people in a massacre at a Moscow concert hall to be held in custody on "terror" charges with the death toll expected to climb as more than 100 people are ...

Daesh: The Return of the Jihadist Specter?

The attack that struck Moscow on March 22 highlights the resurgence of the jihadist group Daesh worldwide, spanning from the Middle East to Africa. This time, with the Khorasan cell firmly established in Central Asia leading the charge. The Russian invasion of Ukraine had previously monopolized attention, while the conflict between Israel and ...

Russia Alleges Ukraine and Its Backers Behind Moscow Attack

Russia attempted to deflect responsibility for the attack on the Moscow concert hall onto Ukraine and its allies in the West, despite the Islamic State group claiming accountability for the tragedy that claimed the lives of at least 139 individuals. Russia sought to shift blame on Tuesday for the Moscow concert hall attack onto Ukraine and its ...

Zelensky Urges For Faster Military Aid Delivery

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday urged Ukraine's allies to speed up deliveries of warplanes and air defense systems following a deadly Russian strike on the city of Kharkiv. "Bolstering Ukraine's air defense and expediting the delivery of F-16s to Ukraine are vital tasks. There are no rational explanations for why Patriots, which are ...

Russia Claims to Have Evidence of Ukraine Link to Moscow Attack

Russia claimed, on Thursday, that it has evidence that Ukrainian nationalists were linked to last week's Moscow attack. The US has dismissed these claims as absurd. Russia said Thursday it had evidence the perpetrators of last week's massacre at a concert hall outside Moscow were linked to "Ukrainian nationalists", a claim that the United States ...

Russia Accuses Armenia of Further Damaging Ties

Russia on Thursday accused Armenia of trying to rupture increasingly strained ties between the two ex-Soviet countries, as Yerevan voices mounting criticism of Moscow's role as regional security guarantor. The small Caucasus nation has been in a decades-long standoff with its neighbour and rival Azerbaijan, and has repeatedly accused Moscow of ...

Russian Veto Halts UN Monitoring of North Korea Sanctions

Russia blocked on Thursday the renewal of a panel of UN experts monitoring international sanctions on North Korea, weeks after the body said that it was investigating reports of arms transfers between Moscow and Pyongyang. The move was met with a flurry of criticism, including by South Korea's Foreign Ministry, which said that Russia had made an ...

FSB Says It Has Foiled an Attack in Southern Russia

Russian security services claimed on Friday to have arrested three "nationals of a Central Asian country" who were planning a bomb attack in southwest Russia, a week after the attack on a concert hall near Moscow that left at least 144 people dead. Russia's security services said Friday that they had arrested three people from "a Central Asian ...

Russian-Appointed Official in Ukraine Killed in Car Bomb

A car bomb in Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine's eastern Lugansk region killed a Moscow-appointed government official on Monday, local authorities said. The local branch of Russia's Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said the deputy head of a state-run administrative agency was killed when "an unidentified device detonated ...