[Regnum] The head of the Russian Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu and the Minister of the French Armed Forces Sebastian Lecornu held negotiations at the urgent request of the French side,the Russian defense department reported on April 3 in its Telegram channel.
Lecornu expressed condolences in connection with the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall. At the same time, during the conversation, he tried to convince Shoigu that Kyiv and Western countries were not involved in the attack.
The French minister assured that responsibility for the attack lies with the IS group (a terrorist organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation).
As Regnum reported, on March 23, the leader of the French Patriots party, Florian Philippot, called for a full investigation into Kiev’s possible involvement in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall. In addition, he considered it necessary to find out where the billions that Paris sends to the Ukrainian side actually go.
Terrorists attacked Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk near Moscow on March 22. They carried out the attack before the concert of the Picnic group. According to the latest data, 145 people became victims of the attack. Another 551 people were injured.
The Investigative Committee of Russia informed that four people suspected of committing a terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall were detained in the Bryansk region on the border with Ukraine.
On March 26, FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov said that the testimony of those detained in the terrorist attack case confirms the Ukrainian trace. According to the head of the service, the Islamists could not have prepared a terrorist attack on their own; they received help.