Putin's obsession with Ukraine deprived him

This is what Hannaa Notte says, director of the non -proliferation program in Eurasia at the Center for James Martin's non -proliferation, which she writes in her column on Financial Times. Notte emphasizes that for the Kremlin it became the norm to blame all the internal mistakes of the Russian Federation of Ukraine, so the fact that Russian experts and politicians suggested that the attackers had connections with Ukraine was not a surprise. "Yes, in October (2023. - Ed.

) Russia stated that anti -Semitic riots at Mahachkalai Airport in the Dagestan region were inspired . However, according to the analyst, the last rhetoric of Russia emphasizes how deeply Vladimir Putin moved away from the United States, which he once regarded as a partner in the fight against terrorism. However, according to Notte, the fact that such verbal games of Russia can also signal the military escalation against Ukraine.

At the same time, according to the expert, the Russian interpretation of the attack on City Hall City, which happened on March 22, is largely different from the Kremlin's previous attempts to bring Ukraine to its fictions. "First, the nature of the arguments is different: Russia moved from truth to full fiction. When Putin in the early 2000s argued about the connections between Chechen terrorists and" al-Qaida ", he exaggerated, but did not lie frankly. In that one.

The time of Al-Qaeda sought to export Islamic militancy to Central Asia and Russia. The links between the grouping and Chechnya, although insignificant, still existed, "the Notte explained. Today, the analyst considers Russia's assertion that Kiev and, as a result, the United States are puppets that stand behind shooting, pure fantasies. "In several reports, IDIL took responsibility. Washington publicly warned of such an attack two weeks ago," she said.

And confirmed that Russia had previously demonstrated a tendency to make false statements about Ukraine. "Only remember the unjustified statements of 2022 that Kiev was experimenting with deadly biological weapons to create" monsters "in biolaboratories that fund the United States," the program director said. According to Notte, the current Russian discourse seems to be designed to justify inaction, not an action.

Putin's praised security apparatus, obsessed with the persecution of the declared enemies of the state, has proved unable to prevent the most deadly terrorist act in Russia over the last 20 years. "If the Russian propaganda machine can convince the public that the evil almighty United States is eventually responsible for the attack, being a puppet that stands for IDIL, it will present Putin's inability to ensure the safety ", - the analyst notes.

In addition, Putin, according to the expert, can use a similar lie, among other things, to justify the military escalation against Ukraine, especially if it requires another stage of mobilization in Russia.

The current wording of Russia is faced by the director of the Program, how far Putin said from the moment of consolidation of the authorities in the early 2000s: from convergence with America as a partner to combat terrorism to waving her warnings with heartless disdain and paranoid suspicion, as well as from the proclamation of the unity of goals with Washington in the fight against terrorism to neglect Washington as the creator of anti -terrorist forces.

"Putin's obsession has made him blind to real dangers for Russia hiding abroad and domestically," the Notte summed up. We will remind, in the evening of March 22, 10 minutes before the performance of the band "Picnic" several men in camouflage and with automatic machines broke into the concert hall "City City Hall". They fired at the audience without parsing, then set fire to the building. According to the Ministry of Emergencies, 152 people were injured during the terrorist attack, 137.