More than a week after the attack which left at least 144 dead near Moscow, Vladimir Putin has still not visited the families of the victims or the many injured. The Russian president did not visit the scene of the attack either. The Kremlin felt forced to explain the absence of a public tribute paid by the Russian president.
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Nowadays, Vladimir Poutine has still not visited the scene of the attack and has not taken part in any public ceremony in tribute to the victims of the attack which took place near Moscow on Friday March 22.
The Russian president has contented himself, for the moment, with lighting a candle in their memory in a chapel adjoining his residence but he has not met the families of the victims and has not gone to the bedside of the injured. . According to the latest report from Russian rescuers, at least 144 people were killed and 551 injured during this attack claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State, the deadliest attack in the last twenty years in Russia.
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However, according to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov, there should be no indifference on the part of the Russian president, quite the contrary. “ The Head of State feels personally and fully concerned by this type of tragedy. Believe me, even if you don’t see tears on his face, that doesn’t mean he’s not suffering,” he said. And added: “It is unlikely that anyone knows and understands what he is going through, including you and me.”
During the week, Vladimir Putin visited the Tver region northwest of Moscow to visit a museum and on Thursday he participated in a meeting devoted to tourism. This Saturday, ambassadors from Western, African and South American countries went to Crocus City Hall to observe a minute of silence in memory of the victims.
The Russian president only admitted on Monday that the attack was carried out by “ radical Islamists ” but Russian authorities have accused Ukraine and its Western allies, who strongly deny it, of having ” ease “.