Russia accuses Western media of failing to cover the 'true magnitude' of Moscow terrorist attacks

April 8 () –

The Russian Government has accused the Western media on Monday of “not covering the true magnitude” of the terrorist attacks on March 22 in Moscow, in which 140 people died, as well as of not showing “sympathy and humanism.” “to the Russian people for what happened.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has assured that the media “received specific instructions” to establish a version that denies the “connections” of the Islamic State with the Ukrainian Government and even venture the alleged participation of Russian services in the happened.

Thus, although “the majority of the countries of the world reacted naturally to what happened, responding with words of support and condolences”, a short time later the Western media, as well as authorities from the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU) organized “a public relations campaign” to deny Ukraine's “participation.”

“The West's attempts to distract the world community from the true organizers and beneficiaries have a special cynicism due to the categorical instruction not to cover the true magnitude of the tragedy in the media,” the Foreign Ministry notes.

“Without mentioning the number of victims of the terrorist attack, dead children, to exclude demonstrations of the reaction of ordinary citizens to what happened,” the Foreign Ministry reproached in a statement.

On March 22, four armed men broke into a concert hall located on the outskirts of Moscow. The attack, in which 140 people were killed and another 200 wounded, was quickly claimed by the Afghan affiliate of the Islamic State.

The Russian authorities have arrested a dozen people for these events, including the four material authors. The Kremlin insists on the theory that the Government of Ukraine, in some way, would be related to what happened.