ISTANBUL (Reportase One) – Russia claims Western support for Ukraine has created a “terrorist state” after Moscow accused Kiev of being responsible for the killing of a prominent Russian war journalist in St. Petersburg. Petersburg.
“Washington and Brussels’ support for the Kiev authorities has fueled the creation of a terrorist state in the center of Europe,” Vyacheslav Volodin, head of the Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, said via Telegram on Tuesday.
Volodin said Russia’s Federal Security Service had repelled a number of attacks on journalists, including Vladimir Solovyov, Margarita Simonyan, Dmitry Kiselyov, Yevgeny Popov, Olga Skabeyeva, Tigran Keosayan and Konstantin Malofeev.
“The Kiev regime seeks to intimidate and destroy those who speak the truth,” claims Volodin.
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He said those responsible for those killed and injured were Western leaders who supported Ukraine.
“There is no justification for terrorism. The whole world is fighting against it. If you don’t negotiate with the terrorists, then they are destroyed,” said Volodin.
The explosion occurred at a cafe in the city of St. St. Petersburg on Sunday killed prominent Russian war journalist Vladlen Tatarsky.
Russia’s counter-terrorism commission has accused the Ukrainian secret service of being behind the explosion. On the other hand, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said: “I am not thinking about what is happening in St. Petersburg or Moscow. It is Russia that should be thinking about that. I am thinking about our country.”
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Source: Anadolu
Translator: Cindy Frishanti Octavia
Editor: Jafar M Sidik
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