The appalling attack on the vast Crocus City Hall concert venue and shopping complex near Moscow, which has been claimed by ISIS, has left hundreds of innocents killed or injured. The four men suspected of carrying out the attack were arrested near Russia’s border with Ukraine, Russian authorities said. For years, the Kremlin strongman has been cast as a leader able to guarantee order in this vast, turbulent country. In the same way, the recent death of Alexey Navalny, Russian most prominent opposition leader, has permanently silenced a vocal Kremlin critic. But for a leader who has promised security and stability to Russians, a major attack on Russian soil is yet another powerful blow.

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Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, Alexey Navalny Organizations: CNN, Crocus City Hall, ISIS, Ukraine – Kyiv, Kremlin, intel Locations: Russia, Crocus, Moscow, Russia’s, Ukraine, Putin’s, Ukrainian