The head of [[RT]] Margarita Simonyan commented: "It immediately becomes obvious why American media shouted in unison that it was ISIS...Because this is not ISIS...It’s just that the actors were selected in such a way that they could convince the [[stupid]] part of the global community that it was ISIS...And the fact that even before the arrests, even before the names of the perpetrators were found, Western [[intelligence service]]s began to convince the world that it was ISIS - that's what gave them away”.<ref>[https://youtu.be/h5AFq5OLkG0 Russian state news agency confirms Ukrainian involvement], ''Times Of India'', Mar 23, 2024. [[YouTube]].</ref>
When asked if the [[United States]], [[Britain]] and [[Ukraine]] could be behind the terrorist attack, Director Alexander Bortnikov of the [[Federal Security Service]] (FSB) domestic [[counterintelligence]] agency replied: "We think that this is so...In any case, we are now talking about the information that we have...the investigators also have concrete results".<ref>[https://www.bitchute.com/video/v0o5uRkfNWab/ FULL INTERVIEW WITH FSB DIRECTOR ALEXANDER BORTNIKOV ABOUT UKRAINE/ISIS AND THE TERROR ATTACKS], March 26, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2024/03/27/yesterdays-remarkable-statements-to-journalists-by-alexander-bortnikov-director-of-russias-federal-security-service-fsb/ Yesterday’s remarkable statements to journalists by Alexander Bortnikov, director of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB)], [[Gilbert Doctorow]], March 27, 2024. gilbertdoctorow.com</ref>
Since January 2024 some 100,000 Russian citizens volunteered for the armed services. In the first 10 days after the Crocus Hall terror attack, 16,000 signed up. Many said they wanted to avenge the deaths of those murdered in the Crocus Hall attack.