Editorial: The Guardian

• The terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall in Russia is the worst in two decades, leaving 137 dead and likely more.
• The Kremlin is propagandistically exploiting this attack, blaming Ukraine even though evidences point to IS in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Pakistan.
• Four Tajik citizens have been charged with the attack, seemingly tortured.
• Putin has made baseless claims that attackers were seeking to cross the Ukrainian border.
• The Kremlin dismissed US intelligence warning of potential attacks on concert halls.
• Kremlin's focus on supposedly threat coming from NATO and the west, neglecting actual threats coming from the east.
• The inadequate response and misinformation may result in draconian treatment for minorities in Russia and ongoing pursuit of military victory in Ukraine.

Conclusion: The Kremlin's propagandistic exploitation of the tragedy, alongside negligent security and misplaced threat emphasis, demonstrates just how dangerous Putin's regime has become for ordinary Russians and global stability.

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