Distrust between special services: why FSB and Putin missed a terrorist attack in "Crocus" - NYT

The special services of the Russian Federation were known about the possibility of a terrorist attack in a public city thanks to CIA information, FSB and public statements of the US Embassy. However, the warnings were ignored because of total distrust. The Russian authorities failed to distract the terrorist attack on the City Hall Crocus Concert Hall, as it rejected the warning of the Western special services. In addition, the possibility of attack could be found in the FSB.

However, the threat "waved" because Russian President Vladimir Putin is more interested in Ukrainians than IDIL terrorists. The peculiarities of the work of Russian special services were told on the portal of The New York Times. The journalists of the publication spoke with US government officials and European countries and terrorism experts. The interlocutors agreed that the terrorist attack with more than one hundred human casualties occurred as a result of a whole set of causes.

Experts named two reasons for the events in Crocus. First, there is no confidence within the FSB structure-they do not listen to their colleagues and do not believe the Western special services. Secondly, the security forces, at the request of Putin, "chased" on imaginary "Ukrainian saboteurs" and opposition, and therefore lost vigilance and attention. As a result, it was found that neither special services nor law enforcement officers are able to protect Russian citizens from real threats.

It is important that the Kremlin head has been in power for almost 25 years and promises the population stability and security.

The article lists from which sources the Kremlin received information about the possibility of a terrorist attack: "Failure is likely to be the result of a combination of factors, the main among which is a deep level of distrust both within the Russian establishment of safety and in its relations with other global special services", " - explained anonymous interlocutors of journalists.

It should be noted that on March 22, a group of four people from Tajikistan freely entered the premises of the City Hall concert hall, ”Focus wrote earlier. Photos and videos from the scene can see the shooting of people. At some point, one of the halls took place. At the same time the fire protection did not work and the burning roof collapsed on visitors. Within hours, Russian security forces detained four people who almost crossed the Russian-Belarusian border in the Bryansk region.

The detainees were tortured, but were taken alive, where they were arrested until May 22. The International Terrorist Organization of IDIL has published a statement that it had staged a shooting in Crocus. The US intelligence services are also said, because they have warned this threat. In those times, Putin, Russian propagandists and government officials began to accuse Ukraine of a terrorist attack, although they have no reason to such applications.