Days after armed assailants stormed the “Crocus City Hall” in the outskirts of the Russian capital, in an attack that left 144 dead and hundreds injured, Putin did not hold any public meetings with survivors of the massacre nor did he visit the attack site.

Despite reports from Russian media indicating that Western diplomats, particularly from the European Union and the United States, visited a memorial erected for the victims at the site, Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated to a state television correspondent that Putin deals with the tragedy in his own way, according to the Associated Press.

Peskov stated, “Believe me, if you don’t see his tears, it doesn’t mean he’s not in pain. What he’s going through is unlikely to be known or understood by anyone.”

The Kremlin did not give any indication this week that the Russian president intends to visit the families of the victims, who fell in the deadliest attack in the country in decades.

Instead, intelligence agencies focused on apprehending those responsible and arrested 12 suspects, including four men from Tajikistan believed to be the attackers.

Although D’aach repeatedly claimed responsibility for the attack, and media channels affiliated with the organization released video recordings of the gunmen inside the site.

While Putin acknowledged that “extremists” carried out the attack, the Russian president continued to accuse Ukraine in one way or another of being involved in the attack.

Kremlin security was aware of the threat before the attack

Reports revealed that Kremlin security agencies were aware of an D’aach threat days before the deadly attack on a music hall near Moscow.

This was revealed by documents from Russian intelligence obtained by a UK-based investigative organization.

According to the “Dossier Center” (based in London), the documents showed that individuals of Tajik ethnicity who had turned to extremism by D’aach-Khorasan (the Central Asian branch of D’aach) might be involved.

The report stated, “A few days before the terrorist attack, members of the Security Council (referring to the Russian security agency) received a warning about the possibility of Tajik citizens being used in terrorist attacks on Russian territory,” according to CNN.

The report added that even before the attack on the Crocus City hall, a source close to the intelligence agencies informed the Dossier Center of this matter.

143 killed in the music hall attack

At least 143 people were killed in the deadliest attack on Russia in decades when attackers stormed the Crocus City hall with guns and incendiary devices before a musical performance.