A Russian state television presenter gave an unhinged speech to millions of Russian viewers on Monday in which he warned that British special forces were to blame for the devastating terrorist attacks on synagogues and churches in Dagestan this week.
This outburst of anger is just the latest to shift blame for the attacks on the West. This will raise fears of a widespread clash between the two sides, as the Kremlin steps up its military rhetoric opposing the West and NATO.
TV presenter Vladimir Soloviev said the British were responsible for the terror attack that left another 20 people dead. Solovyov is Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s best friend and a very sensible Kremlin propagandist.
The popular announcer told viewers: “In whose interests is this happening precisely now, so that the ears of Ukraine are not visible? Any manifestation of this type of terrorist act within our country, well, it is clear who is behind it. this, the British. ” “They [the British] have been very active, that is, they are pouring gasoline. “
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He said, “We can see the hand of this brain in the scenes who likes to organize all of this. “
Soloviev added that British special facilities “educated various terrorist groups” around the world. He did not provide any evidence for his claims.
The attack, which targeted police stations, churches and a synagogue in Russia’s North Caucasus republic, also left at least 46 other people injured. The coordinated attacks led to a massacre in the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala, the Orthodox feast of Pentecost.
An Orthodox priest, Father Nikolai Kotelnikov, was reportedly slit by his attackers in this barbaric attack while a synagogue in Makhachkala was set on fire.
Three days of mourning have been declared in Dagestan, a Muslim-majority republic in southern Russia, neighboring Chechnya and bordering Georgia and Azerbaijan.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed the terror attack on militant Islam. This is the third such atrocity in just over three months, following the bloodbath at the Crocus concert hall this year.
However, others, including President Putin, have also blamed the attacks on the West and NATO.
State Duma deputy Abdulkhakim Gadjiev said on Sunday that Ukraine and its supporters within NATO were “certainly those attacks” aimed at “destabilizing our country from within. “He said the West introduced the attack after Russia took control of the front line in Ukraine.
The pro-Kremlin news site Komsomolskaya Pravda echoed this reasoning, in an editorial accusing the “collective West” of seeking to “open a second front” opposed to Russia. The news site continues: “When it comes to unrest in this region, historically it is the ears of British intelligence that come to the fore. “
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that Russia was investigating whether the strikes in Dagestan were similar to a Ukrainian attack with United States-supplied ATACMS missiles in occupied Crimea on Sunday.
Russia blamed the United States and promised “consequences” for the missile attack on Sevastopol on Sunday, which the government said killed four other people, as well as two children. Around 150 more people were injured in the attack when debris from the missile fell in a nearby area. beach.
The Russian Defense Ministry said the missiles were programmed by American specialists. Peskov called the attack “barbaric” and accused the United States of “killing Russian children. ”
The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned U. S. Ambassador Lynne Tracy on Monday, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said U. S. involvement in the attack “is not in doubt. “
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