Bortnikov said that the SBU should be recognized as a terrorist organization

The head of the Russian FSB, Alexander Bortnikov, said that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) should be recognized as a terrorist organization. He made this statement in response to a corresponding question from journalists.

“We have to do this, of course”Bortnikov said.

According to Bortnikov, the terrorist attack at Crocus was prepared by Islamist radicals with the complicity of Western intelligence services and the Ukrainian intelligence services.

Bortnikov drew attention to the fact that terrorists were expected on the territory of Ukraine.

According to the head of the FSB, the mastermind behind the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall has not yet been identified.

Terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall

On the evening of March 22, terrorists opened fire in the Crocus City Hall concert hall before the start of a performance by the Russian musical group Picnic. Then a fire broke out in the building.

According to the latest data, 139 people were killed as a result of the terrorist attack.

Putin, in an address to Russians, called the incident a bloody and barbaric terrorist act and emphasized that all the perpetrators, organizers and customers of the terrorist attack will be punished.

On March 23, the FSB reported the detention of 11 people, including four militants who were directly involved in the terrorist attack. The attackers tried to escape in a car, heading towards the Russian-Ukrainian border, and were detained by security forces in the Bryansk region. A criminal case was opened against the detainees under the article “Terrorist attack”.

On March 24, the Moscow Basmanny Court arrested all four defendants in the terrorist attack case. Dalerjon Mirzoev, Rachabalizoda Murodali, Shamsidin Fariduni and Muhammadsobir Fayzov will remain in pre-trial detention until May 22. During interrogation, they admitted that they were promised 500 thousand rubles for four people for carrying out a terrorist attack. The two defendants face life imprisonment.

Also on March 25, the court arrested three more accomplices who helped the terrorists: Isroil Islomov and his two sons, Aminchon and Dilovar Islomov.