Considering its giant security apparatus, Moscow’s slow response to terror attack is shocking
A woman stands at a memorial in Moscow to the victims of the Islamic State terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall.A woman stands at a memorial in Moscow to the victims of the Islamic State terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall.
For a country with a giant, sprawling security apparatus, this slow response is shocking. Some Russians pointedly compared the absent police response on Friday with the overwhelming police presence at theand on the domestic opposition. These are the priorities placed upon them from the top,” said Mark Galeotti, an expert on the Russian security services.
There was also a feeling that the threat from domestic Islamist terrorism, ever-present during the first decade of Putin’s rule, had subsided. Strong-arm tactics in the North Caucasus region, combined with allowing several thousand radicals to leave for Syria and Iraq several years ago, led to a feeling that the fight against Islamist terror was over.
Galeotti said: “Central Asian Islamic terrorism remains a real problem for the FSB. The FSB has a lot of experience dealing with extremists in the Caucasus, they have spent huge resources on that, but central Asia is more of a blind spot.” Meanwhile, Ukrainian military intelligence and some western commentators suggested the whole thing had been a “false flag” event, organised or facilitated by the Kremlin to consolidate the war effort in Ukraine.
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