Who is behind the Crocus City Hall attack? Within an hour of last week’s deadly attack on a concert hall outside Moscow, a campaign was gathering momentum to blame Kyiv for the atrocity while a parallel storyline claimed it was a Russian false flag operation.

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We track the blame game: the narratives and the counter narratives underpinned by generous doses of disinformation.

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00:00 Introduction
02:13 Russia blames Ukraine
06:48 Ukraine’s denial
08:52 Islamic State group claims responsibility
13:31 Verifying images
17:49 Tajik connection
21:09 Central Asians in Russia
22:20 Narratives and counter-narratives
27:20 Suspects

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