Former Pentagon adviser says Western intelligence may be involved in terrorist attack in Russia

According to RIA Novosti, former Pentagon advisor McGregor said that the suspects involved in the terrorist attack "are directly related to Islamist elements fighting on the Ukrainian side." The former advisor also questioned whether they were actually related to the IS terrorist organization. However, Mr. McGregor did not provide evidence for his comments.

Meanwhile, the official representative of the White House National Security Council, Adrienne Watson, stated that Ukraine was not involved in the terrorist attack at the Crocus complex.

"IS takes full responsibility for this attack. There is no Ukrainian involvement," said Watstone, the official spokesman for the White House National Security Council.

Earlier, RT TV Channel Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan said that the West knew in advance who was behind the terrorist attack in Crocus, just like IS supporters, so “they began to nurture this version”.

Russian Embassy in the US Anatoly Antonov confirmed that he did not receive any notification about imminent terrorist attacks in Moscow, as previously announced by the US diplomatic mission.

Responding to the US's assessment that IS was involved in the terrorist attack in Crocus, Ambassador Anatoly suggested not to rush to conclusions. Currently, Russia's special security agencies are involved and will resolve all issues.

Ambassador Anatoly Antonov also said that after the terrorist attack in Crocus, the ties between the US and Russia in the fight against terrorism were destroyed and it was not Moscow's fault.

Antonov noted that the most important thing in the entire complex Russian-American relationship is the fight against terrorism.