Russia Blames Kyiv, West Over Moscow Gun Attack

Flowers lie outside the burnt-out Crocus City Hall concert venue in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow (Credit: AFP)

Russia on Tuesday sought to shift blame for the Moscow concert hall attack onto Ukraine and its Western backers, despite the Islamic State group claiming responsibility for the massacre of at least 139 people.

The Kremlin's security services have been scrambling to explain how gunmen on Friday managed to carry out the worst attack in Russia in over two decades.