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On March 5, 2024 US Undersecretary of State [[Victoria Nuland]] announced, "[[Putin]] is going to get some nice surprises".<ref>[https://grabien.com/story.php?id=458277 Victoria Nuland in Kiev: Putin Will Get ‘Nice Surprises’], March 5, 2024. grabien.com</ref> Two days later one of the terrorists, Shamsiddin Fariduni, was photographed visiting Crocus Hall concert venue. The United States Embassy in Moscow then sent out a security alert in advance of the attack to avoid large crowds, specifically concerts.<ref>[https://ru.usembassy.gov/security-alert-avoid-large-gatherings-over-the-next-48-hours/ Security Alert: Avoid Large Gatherings over the Next 48 Hours]. United States Embassy & Consulates in Russia, March 7, 2024. ru.usembassy.gov</ref>

On March 5, 2024 US Undersecretary of State [[Victoria Nuland]] announced, "[[Putin]] is going to get some nice surprises".<ref>[https://grabien.com/story.php?id=458277 Victoria Nuland in Kiev: Putin Will Get ‘Nice Surprises’], March 5, 2024. grabien.com</ref> Two days later one of the terrorists, Shamsiddin Fariduni, was photographed visiting Crocus Hall concert venue. The United States Embassy in Moscow then sent out a security alert in advance of the attack to avoid large crowds, specifically concerts.<ref>[https://ru.usembassy.gov/security-alert-avoid-large-gatherings-over-the-next-48-hours/ Security Alert: Avoid Large Gatherings over the Next 48 Hours]. United States Embassy & Consulates in Russia, March 7, 2024. ru.usembassy.gov</ref>

Hours before the attack, OSINTdefender the [[CIA]] [[front]] posted on X (formerly) [[Twitter]]: "Members of [[U.S. National Security Council]] and the [[White House]] have reportedly started to become Increasingly Frustrated by “Unauthorized Brazen Actions” taken by Ukraine against Russia."<ref>[https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1771076956651393051 OSINTdefender], March 22, 2024. twitter.com </ref> The [[Biden administration]] feared that Ukraine attacks on Russian oil refineries would run up gas pump prices for [[American]]s and hurt [[Joe Biden]]'s re-election chances.<ref>[https://www.ft.com/content/98f15b60-bc4d-4d3c-9e57-cbdde122ac0c US urged Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries], Christopher Miller and Ben Hall in Kyiv and Felicia Schwartz in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] and Myles McCormick in [[Houston]], ''[[Financial Times]]'', MARCH 22 2024. ft.com</ref>

Hours before the attack, OSINTdefender the [[CIA]] [[front]] posted on X (formerly) [[Twitter]]: "Members of [[U.S. National Security Council]] and the [[White House]] have reportedly started to become Increasingly Frustrated by “Unauthorized Brazen Actions” taken by Ukraine against Russia."<ref>[https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1771076956651393051 OSINTdefender], March 22, 2024. twitter.com </ref> The [[Biden administration]] feared that Ukraine attacks on Russian oil refineries would run up gas pump prices for [[American]]s and hurt [[Joe Biden]]'s re-election chances in the [[2024 US presidential election]].<ref>[https://www.ft.com/content/98f15b60-bc4d-4d3c-9e57-cbdde122ac0c US urged Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries], Christopher Miller and Ben Hall in Kyiv and Felicia Schwartz in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] and Myles McCormick in [[Houston]], ''[[Financial Times]]'', MARCH 22 2024. ft.com</ref>

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman [[Maria Zakharova]] commented: "The [[American]] [[political]] engineers cornered themselves with their tales that the [[Crocus City Hall attack]] was carried out by the ISIS terror group...Hence [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]'s daily bailing out of its wards in [[Kiev]], and the attempt to cover itself and the [[Zelensky regime]] they created with the [[strawman]] of the outlawed ISIS...What is the [[logic]], you may ask?...Money and power...And, considering the international legal ban on direct interventions, it is also about sowing a controlled chaos and reshaping the world order by the hands of terrorists."<ref>[https://tass.com/world/1765181 US bails Ukraine out after Moscow attack, covering Zelensky with ISIS — diplomat], 24 MAR 2024. tass.com</ref>

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman [[Maria Zakharova]] commented: "The [[American]] [[political]] engineers cornered themselves with their tales that the [[Crocus City Hall attack]] was carried out by the ISIS terror group...Hence [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]'s daily bailing out of its wards in [[Kiev]], and the attempt to cover itself and the [[Zelensky regime]] they created with the [[strawman]] of the outlawed ISIS...What is the [[logic]], you may ask?...Money and power...And, considering the international legal ban on direct interventions, it is also about sowing a controlled chaos and reshaping the world order by the hands of terrorists."<ref>[https://tass.com/world/1765181 US bails Ukraine out after Moscow attack, covering Zelensky with ISIS — diplomat], 24 MAR 2024. tass.com</ref>