Мы осуждаем теракт в подмосковном «Крокус Сити Холле». Это ужасная трагедия.

Мы выражаем искренние соболезнования родным и близким пострадавших и погибших от сегодняшних событий.

The Secretary-General condemned in the strongest possible terms today’s terrorist attack at a concert hall outside Moscow, in which at least 40 people were reportedly killed and over 100 others injured.

The Secretary-General conveyed his deep condolences to the bereaved families and the people and the Government of the Russian Federation. He wishes those injured a speedy recovery.

💬 Russian MFA Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova: We thank the Secretary-General for the timely correction and articulation of a clear position!

🕯С глубокой ночи к Посольству России в Великобритании несут цветы в память о жертвах террористического акта в Крокус Сити Холле.

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🕯Flowers have been placed at the Embassy wall since late last night. Thank you for your messages of support.

🎙 Обращение Президента России В.В.Путина в связи с терактом в «Крокус Сити Холле»

💬 Обращаюсь к вам в связи с кровавым, варварским террористическим актом, жертвами которого стали десятки мирных, ни в чём не повинных людей – наши соотечественники, в том числе дети, подростки, женщины.

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Выражаю глубокие, искренние соболезнования всем, кто потерял своих родных и близких. Вместе с вами скорбит вся страна, весь наш народ.

🕯 24 марта объявляю днём общенационального траура.

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Что касается расследования этого преступления и результатов оперативно-разыскных действий, то в настоящее время можно сказать следующее. Все четверо непосредственных исполнителей теракта найдены и задержаны.

❗️ Они пытались скрыться и двигались в сторону Украины, где, по предварительным данным, для них с украинской стороны было подготовлено окно для перехода государственной границы.

Всего задержано 11 человек. Федеральная служба безопасности России, другие правоохранительные органы работают над выявлением, вскрытием всей пособнической базы террористов: тех, кто обеспечивал их транспортом, намечал пути отхода от места преступления, готовил схроны, тайники с оружием и боеприпасами.

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Все исполнители, организаторы и заказчики этого преступления понесут справедливое и неизбежное наказание. Кем бы они ни были, кто бы их ни направлял. Повторю: мы установим и покараем каждого, кто стоит за спиной террористов, кто готовил это злодеяние, этот удар по России, по нашему народу.

Мы знаем, что такое угроза терроризма. Рассчитываем здесь на взаимодействие со всеми государствами, которые искренне разделяют нашу боль и готовы на деле реально объединять усилия в борьбе с общим врагом, международным терроризмом, со всеми его проявлениями.

Террористов, убийц, нелюдей, у которых нет и не может быть национальности, ждёт одна незавидная участь – возмездие и забвение.

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☝️ Россия не раз проходила через тяжелейшие, порой невыносимые испытания, но становилась ещё сильнее. Так будет и сейчас.

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🎙️Реакция британских официальных лиц на террористический акт в Крокус Сити Холле


💬Министр иностранных дел Великобритании Д.Кэмерон

▪︎Соединенное Королевство самым решительным образом осуждает смертоносную террористическую атаку в Крокус Сити Холле вблизи Москвы.

▪︎Мы выражаем искренние соболезнования и глубочайшее сочувствие семьям многочисленных погибших.

▪︎Ничто и никогда не сможет оправдать такой ужасающей жестокости.


💬Теневой министр иностранных дел Великобритании Д.Лэмми

▪︎Террористическое нападение на российских граждан прошлой ночью в Москве было ужасающим.

▪︎Мы осуждаем это самым решительным образом.

▪︎Наши мысли с каждой жертвой и семьями пострадавших от этих подлых действий.


💬Первый министр Шотландии Х.Юсаф

▪︎Ужасные кадры из Крокус Сити Холла в Москве.

▪︎Не может быть никакого оправдания нападениям и убийствам невинных граждан.

▪︎Мои мысли с теми, кто пострадал и их семьями.


💬Первый министр Уэльса В.Гетин

▪︎Мы решительно осуждаем нападение на Крокус Сити Холл в Москве.

▪︎Нанесение увечий и убийство невинных граждан не могут быть оправданы.

▪︎Мои мысли со всеми теми, кто пострадал.

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Edinburghers and Russians living in Scotland lay flowers at the Russian Consulate General in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack in Moscow.

We are sincerely grateful to everyone who did not remain indifferent to this terrible tragedy and shares the pain with the people of Russia in this difficult hour.

The staff of the Consulate General expresses deep condolences to the families of the victims and wishes a speedy recovery to all those injured.

🎙 President Vladimir Putin's address following the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall (March 23, 2024)

💬 I am addressing you today in connection with a horrific and savage act of terrorism, which claimed the lives of dozens of peaceful, innocent people – including children, teenagers, and women.

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I express my deepest and most sincere condolences to all those who have lost their loved ones. The entire country, all our people are grieving together with you.

🕯 I declare March 24 a day of national mourning.

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Regarding the investigation of this crime and the results of the operational search action, we can currently say the following. All four perpetrators, who were directly involved in the terrorist attack, all those who shot and killed people, have been found and apprehended.

❗️ They attempted to escape and were heading towards Ukraine, where, according to preliminary information, a window was prepared for them on the Ukrainian side to cross the state border.

A total of 11 people have been detained. The Federal Security Service and other law enforcement agencies are working diligently to identify and expose the accomplice base behind these terrorists: those who provided them with transport, planned escape routes from the crime scene, and prepared caches with weapons and ammunition.

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All perpetrators, organisers and masterminds of this crime will face fair and inevitable punishment.

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We understand what the terrorist threat means. In this regard, we rely on cooperation with all states that sincerely share our pain and are ready to really join forces in the fight against a common enemy, international terrorism and all its manifestations.

Terrorists, murderers, those inhumane individuals who have no nationality and cannot have one, face one and the same gloomy prospect – retribution and oblivion.

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☝️ Russia has weathered the most arduous, sometimes unbearable trials more than once, yet it has emerged even stronger. And so it shall be now, as well.

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⚡️ Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on condolences and expressions of support received from abroad following the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall

💬 From the first minutes after news of the horrific terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall complex broke, numerous calls, letters, notes, and official messages began to arrive from heads of state and government, heads of foreign countries’ government agencies, international organisations, NGOs, religious associations and concerned citizens. Statements have been released by presidents, ministers, parliamentarians and public figures from various foreign countries.

These statements express profound condolences to the families and friends of the victims and survivors, words of support and solidarity with the Russian people, and a categorical rejection of this terrible crime. Spontaneous memorials are appearing in front of Russian diplomatic missions abroad, where people are bringing flowers and candles.

🇺🇳 At Russia's initiative, the UN Security Council adopted a statement strongly condemning the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack in the Moscow Region. The UN Secretary-General also condemned the terrorist attack "in the strongest possible terms" and expressed his condolences to the people and Government of Russia. In telephone conversations with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the foreign ministers Azerbaijan, Hungary, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Mali and Türkiye expressed their condolences.

Russia has first-hand knowledge of terrorism. Our country faced its manifestations in the most inhuman forms in the 1990s and early 2000s, when it was fighting a terrorist insurgency in the North Caucasus, and hundreds of innocent Russians lost their lives. In September 2001, Russia was the first to respond to the pain of the American people following the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York and assisted the international coalition in the anti-terrorist operation in Afghanistan. Since 2015, at the request of the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic, Russia has been participating in the fight against terrorist groups in that Middle Eastern country.

❗️ Over the past few years, the Kiev regime has been carrying out active and systematic terrorist attacks against Russian citizens: systematic shelling of residential neighbourhoods, including kindergartens, schools and medical institutions, attacks on critical civilian infrastructure, including transport and energy facilities, and assassination attempts against public figures and journalists.

Our country supports all efforts aimed at countering international terrorism and condemns it in all its forms and manifestations, regardless of where terrorist attacks may be committed. Deliberate killing of civilians for any purpose is unacceptable. The fight against this evil must remain the focus of all healthy forces within the international community.

Russian security services and law enforcement agencies are investigating the incident. The perpetrators, organisers and masterminds will be brought to justice, and appropriate legal and political assessments will be provided.

🕯 We extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who did not remain indifferent to this tragedy.

🕯Throughout the day flowers continue to be placed at the Russian Embassy in London in memory of the victims of the horrific terrorist attack in Moscow.

Thousands of condolences and messages of support and sorrow have been posted as comments on our social media posts.

🙏We express our deepest gratitude to everyone for their sympathy and willingness to help in this difficult hour for our country.

🖊️Electronic book: condolences@rusemb.org.uk

Жители Эдинбурга и российские соотечественники возлагают цветы к зданию Генерального консульства России в память о жертвах теракта в Москве.

Искренне благодарны всем, кто не остался безучастным к этой страшной трагедии и разделяет боль с народом России в этот тяжелый для всех нас час.

Коллектив Генерального консульства выражает глубокие соболезнования семьям погибших и желает скорейшего выздоровления всем пострадавшим.

🕯На протяжении всего дня к Посольству России в Лондоне продолжают нести цветы.

Тысячи соболезнований и сообщений со словами поддержки и скорби опубликованы в виде комментариев к нашим постам в социальных сетях.

🙏Выражаем глубокую признательность всем, кто остался неравнодушным к этим трагическим событиям и разделяет боль вместе с народом России.

🖊️Электронная книга соболезнований: condolences@rusemb.org.uk

🎙️British officials on the terrorist act in Crocus City Hall in Moscow

💬David Cameron, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

▪︎The UK condemns in the strongest terms the deadly terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall near Moscow. We offer our heartfelt condolences and express our deepest sympathy to the families of the many victims. Nothing can ever justify such horrific violence.

💬David Lammy, Shadow Foreign Secretary

▪︎The terrorist attack on Russian civilians last night in Moscow was appalling. We condemn it in the strongest terms. Our thoughts are with every victim and family affected by this cowardly act.

💬Humza Yousaf, First Minister of Scotland

▪︎Dreadful scenes from Crocus City Hall in Moscow. There can be no justification for attacking and killing innocent civilians. My thoughts are with those who have been affected and their families.

💬Vaughan Gething, First Minister of Wales

▪︎The attack at Crocus City Hall in Moscow is utterly reprehensible and we condemn it in the strongest possible terms. The injuring and killing of innocent civilians can never be justified and my thoughts are with all those affected.

💬Alicia Kearns, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee

▪︎We all condemn the appalling and heinous attack claimed by Islamic State as reportedly committed by IS Khorasan in Moscow yesterday. <...>

🙏We express our deepest gratitude to everyone for their sympathy and willingness to help in this difficult hour for our country.

📖 The book by the Chairman of the Foundation for the Study of Democracy Maxim Grigoriev 'War Crimes of NATO in the Territory of the Former ' was published in English.

👉 Read in full: War Crimes of NATO in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia

On March 24 ,1999 NATO countries began an aggressive war against Yugoslavia.

The barbaric bombings of civilian infrastructure by the US, French, German, British air forces alone took the lives of over 3.5 thousand persons (including women and children), left ~10 thousand people wounded.

This book contains testimonies of victims and eyewitnesses of NATO war crimes and terrorist acts against civilians, committed in 1999. The facts presented in the book include:

▪️ Shelling of residential areas and killing civilians;
▪️ Shelling of hospitals and ambulances;
▪️ Bombing of industrial facilities to cause environmental damage;
▪️ Destruction of civilian objects;
▪️ Use of cluster and depleted uranium munitions by NATO.

The evidence of crimes presented in the book also contains direct speech and is classified according to the types of crimes under international humanitarian law.

Report and witness accounts were published in a form of a book testify to the numerous NATO war crimes, which under international humanitarian law are classified as crimes against humanity and have no statute of limitations.

⚡️ Russia's Foreign Ministry Statement in connection with the 25th anniversary of NATO aggression against Yugoslavia

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History knows many events which, by virtue of their profound impact on the international order, marked a change of eras.

The NATO attack on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on March 24, 1999 is certainly one such event. It went beyond being a tragic milestone in the life of the Serbian people with thousands of ruined lives and desecrated national dignity, and included a devastating blow to international law and European security foundations that had been laid after World War II.

The United States and the EU got finally convinced in their own impunity and moral superiority which was bad news for those who prefer to choose their own path rather than become someone’s tool in their efforts to realise their own interests. The strategic balance of power collapsed, and a drawn-out crisis of international relations ensued which continues to worsen.

The US and its allies who assaulted a peaceful European country trampled on the UN Charter and the CSCE/OSCE principles, and desecrated the very notion of sovereignty. <...> The widespread use of depleted uranium munitions by NATO has led to a multifold increase in cancer cases in that region, contaminated the environment where millions of people had lived for many years, and went down in history as a separate dark chapter on the list of NATO crimes.

During the 78 days of military aggression 14,000 bombs were dropped on Yugoslavia and over 2,000 missiles were fired, including cluster and demolition shells. Under the mocking front of a “humanitarian intervention,” mostly civilian targets were hit, including residential districts, hospitals, schools, bridges, mass transit vehicles, and refugee convoys. Thousands of civilians were killed, including 89 children, whom the Western coalition cynically referred to as “collateral damage.” No one has ever been held accountable for these atrocities, and international justice turned a deaf ear to the suffering of the Serbs and let NATO atrocities go unnoticed.

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❓ This inevitably begs the question: was the “Kosovo project” worth the sacrifice and destruction that the alliance brought upon Yugoslavia? Has the self-proclaimed “republic” added stability or prosperity to the Balkan region?

There is no doubt that the United States’ concern for the rights of Kosovo Albanians is a fake claim from the get-go. It is nothing but a false pretext for the crackdown on Serbs.

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This is what the Western “peacemaking” is all about. Its disastrous ramifications can now be seen in Ukraine, where a neo-Nazi regime has been nurtured on the basis of Washington and its supporters’ rejection of the principles of equality and mutual respect in international affairs, a regime that committed genocide against the Russian population.

We can hear the US and the EU increasingly call on Serbs to “turn the page” and forgive NATO for the invasion that took place 25 years ago. On top of that, they lay the bulk of the blame on the Serbs for the dramatic events during the breakup of Yugoslavia, including the 1999 bombing attacks. I’d be hard pressed to find proper words to describe the extent of Western shamelessness and lack of self-criticism.

The Alliance will never be able to wash off the shame of war crimes. No one believes its demagoguery about defending freedom and democracy anymore. The United States and the rest of NATO have no right whatsoever to talk about implementing an obscure new “rules-based order.” Their every effort to put together some kind of “global security architecture” is by definition malevolent and toxic, and aimed solely at perpetrating the neocolonial hegemony of the West.

❗️ Russia and its partners in Belgrade will continue to oppose the attempts to distort the history of the Yugoslav crisis and to shift the emphasis to demonising Serbs and justifying the 1999 aggression. The attempts to insult the memory of the innocent victims of NATO hangmen are unacceptable.