Director of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov accused the United States, the U.K., and Ukraine of involvement in the terror attack in Moscow last week. Responding to a question about whether the above nations were involved in the attack, he stated, “We believe that this is true. In any case, we are now talking about the factual information we have. This is general information, but they have a long record of this sort.”

Bortnikov stated the ISIS-K members were enabled by western intelligence, stating, “We believe the action was prepared both by the radical Islamists themselves and, of course, facilitated by Western special services, and Ukraine’s special services themselves have a direct connection to this.” He alleged that Ukraine trained militants in the Middle East, stating “We know that the Ukrainian side was training militants in the Middle East…. They are nationalists, mercenaries, Islamists the country brings in to fight against Russia.”