CNN —The Kremlin’s security services were aware of an ISIS threat days before a deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow, Russian intelligence documents obtained by a UK-based investigative organization suggest.
The Dossier Center is a Russian investigation group backed by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an exiled former Russian oil tycoon turned Kremlin critic.
“Even before the attack on Crocus City Hall, a source close to the intelligence services told the Dossier Center about this,” it added.
The following year, German police arrested several people from Tajikistan accused of plotting an attack on Cologne Cathedral, according to the Dossier Center.
According to the Dossier Center, Russian law enforcement was monitoring all these reports and “considered the risk” to Russia.
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