September 16, 2024 3:25 PM

Russia can’t be target for Islamic fundamentalists, Putin says

Russia cannot be a target for Islamic fundamentalists, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, nearly two weeks after at least 144 people were killed near Moscow in a mass shooting that was claimed by Islamic State militants. "We have every reason to believe that the main goal of those who ordered the bloody, awful terrorist act in Moscow was to damage our unity," Putin said in televised comments. "There are no other goals visible, there are none, because Russia cannot be the target of terr...