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Link: https://thehill.com/policy/international/4553648-putin-dismissed-us-warnings-moscow-attack/
>Russian President Vladimir Putin brushed off U.S. warnings of extremist attacks in Moscow, days before gunmen carried out a rampage at a Moscow concert hall that left at least 137 people dead last week.
>The U.S. Embassy in Russia issued a security alert warning on March 7 that “extremists” are planning an attack in Moscow and advised individuals to avoid large gatherings over the next two days.
>Putin later called the embassy’s alerts “provocative” and “outright blackmail,” intended to damage Russian society.
>“I would also like to recall the recent provocative statements by a number of official Western structures regarding potential terrorist attacks in Russia,” Putin said during a March 19 meeting of the Federal Security Board, per a Kremlin transcript.
>“All these actions resemble outright blackmail and the intention to intimidate and destabilize our society. You are well aware of them, so I will not go into details at this point.”
>Russian President Vladimir Putin brushed off U.S. warnings of extremist attacks in Moscow, days before gunmen carried out a rampage at a Moscow concert hall that left at least 137 people dead last week.
>The U.S. Embassy in Russia issued a security alert warning on March 7 that “extremists” are planning an attack in Moscow and advised individuals to avoid large gatherings over the next two days.
>Putin later called the embassy’s alerts “provocative” and “outright blackmail,” intended to damage Russian society.
>“I would also like to recall the recent provocative statements by a number of official Western structures regarding potential terrorist attacks in Russia,” Putin said during a March 19 meeting of the Federal Security Board, per a Kremlin transcript.
>“All these actions resemble outright blackmail and the intention to intimidate and destabilize our society. You are well aware of them, so I will not go into details at this point.”
