Russia - threadbanned users in OP

If they could do that they would already and need no terrorist attack to do it.

Almost 100 confirmed dead now. Grim.

Anyone know how Russian state TV is reporting it? Massive coverage? Downplaying it? It's a PR disaster for Putin surely just days after the election, the guy who supposedly keeps the country safe and destroys terrorists

Yep there it is.

Russias BS lie thrown in without any evidence.

The usual gullible will swallow it of course, expect Mick and Claire to follow suit.

Murdoch made a big push to take control of Sky News in 2010/2011 but came up against all kind of regulatory issues due to phone hacking etc. So it never went ahead.

Before Comcast is was owned by various shareholders, Fox being the largest at 39%

This is about the Moscow attack, not NordStream. Here is a report from Reuters dated March 8th on US warnings of possible ISIS attacks on concerts. Are you going to say that the Reuters report is somehow false?

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-embassy-warns-imminent-extremist-attack-moscow-2024-03-08/

Russian media share pictures of four suspected terrorists, in the Crocus concert hall massacre in Moscow, giving their names as (clockwise from the left) Makhmadrasul Nasridinov, 27, Rivozhidin Ismonov, 51, Shokhindzhonn Safolzoda, 21, Rustam Nazarov, 29

Inevitable they'd try and tie it to Ukraine in some way, we'll see how far the link goes, whether the terrorists they caught will soon appear on TV claiming Zelensky gave them the green light to proceed. Scary thought but not impossible

Absolutely. I'm inclined to believe the US intelligence that this is a genuine Islamist attack but if the Russians use it to announce a huge wave of mobilisation it will start to look very suspicious. Though, much like Netenjahu in Israel, it's hard to know what is just opportunism and using atrocities to carry out personal agenda.

Even before the theater attack happened putin's terrorists spent another day burning through massive military resources in Ukraine yesterday. This attack exposes that putin's hard man act is simply using his massive military as a terrorist organisiation and now he has depleted it to the extent that it can no longer defend moskow from even small groups motivated to make him pay from his terrorist activities. wagner group paved the way for this by showing how weak putin has made his empire by wasting his military resources in a pointless war of conquest and terrorism.

So we know ISIS have claimed the attack in moscow last evening.

Putin still has not addressed the russian people.

Word on CNN is the FSB/security forces have captured 4 of the purps on there way into .... yes you have guessed it ... Ukraine.

So i reckon reason putin has not addressed the russian people is because he has to get his story straight and arrange evidence so this can be pinned on Ukraine.

I also imagine he might say this ISIS taking responsibility thing is the US coercing them to do so and that ISIS and US are one and the same or something along these lines.

Regardless putin will pin this on Ukraine and announce some sort of escalation. We can but wait

It's as much about softening the West's and more importantly Christian America's attitude to Russia.

Across social media last night were the messages from the Russian stooges with the Russian flag saying "We stand with Russia" and who thanked them? The clueless christian anti muslim or just clueless across the world. It doesn't matter that Russia is using 500kg bombs and are now building 3000kg bombs. That goes over the heads of these people as they can't relate to apartment buildings being blown up. But five guys with machine guns in a theatre that's recorded then that they can relate to and abhor. It's about bringing the conditions about that Trump will again be shaking hands with Putin and there won't be uproar from his voters in doing so.

Absolutely all possible. They're writing a narrative that has to tie into the current narrative.

They might even claim the US and all NATO countries knew about the attack in advance and withheld intelligence from Moscow, and Ukraine supplied the weapons

Russian MP Alexander Khinshtein claiming passports from Tajikistan were found in the suspects’ vehicle.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/two-suspects-moscow-attack-detained-after-car-chase-lawmaker-2024-03-23/

A bit of a ridiculous tale

@.Donegal. Yip, i think we all see where this is going. They are constructing the story in front of the worlds eyes. And when its cooked properly putin will address the russian people. Prepare for angry putin with a long monologue diatribe type thing with treats and all sorts of escalations. The gloves are off type thing