Russian investigators said Thursday that the perpetrators of the attack on a concert hall near Moscow which left at least 143 dead and claimed by the Islamic State had received money from Ukraine. kyiv, for its part, denies any involvement in the attack. The White House was quick to react, calling the Russians “dung merchants” spreading “absurd propaganda” about the Moscow attack.
“Investigators have information confirming that the perpetrators of the attack had received large sums of money and cryptocurrencies from Ukraine, which were used in the preparation of this crime,” indicated the Committee of Russian investigation into Telegram.
Russian investigators also said they believed the attackers had “links to Ukrainian nationalists.” “Work with detained terrorists, examination of technical devices seized from them and analysis of information on financial transactions made it possible to obtain evidence of their links with Ukrainian nationalists,” the Committee of Russian investigation.