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Two gunmen involved in the terrorist attack on a crowded event at the Crocus City Hall music venue in a Moscow suburb visited Turkey, but Moscow did not give any advance warning about these individuals, the Hurriyet newspaper reported, citing sources. According to the newspaper, two of the four arrestees had previously traveled from Russia to Turkey and back, arriving in the country from Moscow. At the same time, they had no registration on the territory of the country: no residence permits or any other documents allowing legalization in Turkey.
Three more suspects detained in connection with Moscow terrorist attack. The suspects remanded on March 25 include the brothers Aminchon and Dilovar Islomov, and their father, Isroil Islomov. The three men live and work in Russia's northwest Tver Oblast.
In recent years the FSB has switched its focus from preventing terrorism
to uncovering Ukrainian agents working in Russia.
Putin seeking to blame Ukraine for Moscow shooting, despite ISIS taking responsibility. Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that the detained suspected perpetrators of the Moscow shooting allegedly planned to flee to Ukraine without providing any evidence. In his address, the Russian president did not mention the fact that the terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the shooting, nor the warnings of Western countries about a possible terrorist attack in Moscow.
Kyiv dismisses Putin's allegations of Ukraine's involvement in Moscow shooting. Andriy Yusov, spokesperson of Ukraine's military intelligence agency, denied Russia's claims that seek to accuse Ukraine of involvement in
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