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The head of Russia's national security council on Wednesday contended that the US shares blame for the attack by gunmen on a Moscow concert hall..
The United States bears some responsibility for the attack on a Moscow concert hall last month, which killed 144 people, claims Nikolai Patrushev, the head of Russia's National Security Council..
Russia's blatant verbal attack comes despite ISIS Khorasan, an affiliate of the Islamic State, has admitted to orchestrating the attack, while Ukraine has consistently denied any involvement..S)..
Speaking at a meeting in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)a nine-country alliance focused on security and economic matters that includes China, India, and IranPatrushev stated, "They are trying to impose on us that the terrorist act was committed not by the Kyiv regime, but by supporters of radical Islamic ideology, perhaps members of the Afghan branch of IS." ..
Furthermore, the Russian prosecutor-general's office has reportedly sent information requests to the U.S., Germany, France, and Cyprus regarding potential Western involvement in terrorist attacks on Russia, according to state news agency Tass...
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