Why is Islamic State targeting Russia?

Isis has claimed responsibility for the worst terror attack on Russian soil in decades and its worst attack on European soil in history and they’ve said that they’re targeting Russia because Russia has played a historical role in targeting Muslims and oppressing Muslims around the world and they link it very

Directly to Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy you could begin the history during the Soviet Union when the Soviet forces invaded Afghanistan and supported uh government that it had propped up against muin and islamist factions but more often it’s taken back to the two Wars in Cheta in the 1990s and then in

The 2000s when foreign fighters from all over the Islamic world came to the country and began to fight against Russian forces that continues into the mid-20s when the Putin government supported Bashar Al Assad in his fight in Syria against many different factions including both pro-democracy forces and also islamist groups as well and

That includes groups like Isis so there’s been a drum beat of news that uh Russia was cracking down on Isis cells inside the country and also that Russia could face a major terrorist attack the US released intelligence early in March warning its citizens not to attend concert Halls because Isis might plan a terrorist attack there so

We know that the Russians had this information the question is why they couldn’t stop the attack one key theory is that Russia is so distracted by the war in Ukraine and has sent so many of its interior troops and other people who should be focusing on maybe things like

The islamist threat are now focusing on Ukraine descent and other issues as well that security forces were simply too distracted to be able to stop this attack Putin said that the Moscow attack was conducted by radical islamists but reasserted his earlier claims that Ukraine could have been involved

There’s no sign that Ukraine was involved in any way but the real question is what Russia is going to do next we have seen Russia continue a campaign of Rocket attacks against Ukrainian cities and Ukrainian infrastructure but that was already occurring before the attack took place the question is whether there could be

Another type of escalation that’s going to depend very heavily from the decisions taken by Vladimir Putin and from the people who surround him this attack has had an extraordinary effect on Russian Society uh I think all Russians are really shaken by the levels of violence that took place at the koca

City hall and it’s probably shaken the country even more than anything that’s happened in the last several years involving the war in Ukraine and other factors for many people this kind of terrorist attack uh is something that they can’t remember since the mid 2000s uh in in the Moscow theater Siege at

Nord a or in best laan and it might convince many of them that the kind of safety personal safety that they had come to rely on uh under the Putin government might be a thing of the Past

On Friday 22 March, Islamic State claimed its deadliest attack in Europe when gunmen affiliated with the group stormed into the Crocus City Hall on the outskirts of Moscow and opened fire on people attending a rock concert. More than 100 people were killed.
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Russian police failed to thwart the attack despite warnings issued by the US to Moscow that extremists groups were plotting attacks in Russia. President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged the involvement of ‘radical Islamists’ but suggested Ukraine was involved, which Kyiv has rejected.

The Guardian’s Moscow correspondent, Andrew Roth, explains why the group might have targeted Russia, why Putin has blamed Ukraine and what impact the attack is likely to have on Putin’s carefully tailored strongman image in Russia.

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47 comments

  4. Vladimir Putin is a very strong believer in Diversity Equity and Inclusion. He has ensured that ethnic minorities in the Russian Federation are given the first opportunity to die on the battlefield in Ukraine rather than sending people from Moscow or St Petersburg. 😂😂😂😂😂

  13. The usual corporate media lies. Everyone knows US/UK were involved, and things will escalate mightily once the evidence is gathered. Buckle up.

  16. Remember in the 60s when US gov almost blew up a American embassy to blame it on cuba so they could invade it.. US are experts at creating these attack ls

  31. For once the grauniad allowed comments and it's a joy to see so many people not falling for the lies of the mainstream media.

  44. Juuri syy Venänjän terrori iskuun on Vladimir Putinin itsevaltainen politiikka. Sitä just saa mitä on vuosikymmeniä tilannut. Eikä tämä isku jää viimeiseksi.

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