It's not the first time Russia has been quick to lay blame at the West. It fits Vladimir Putin's wider narrative that the country is under attack.
There is a lot we still don't know about the attacks in Dagestan. It's not clear who the gunmen were or what their wider affiliation might be. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility. There are also questions over how many assailants there were and how many people died in total. But despite that uncertainty, conclusions are being made, some more surprising than others.
A homegrown insurgency staged multiple attacks across the North Caucasus over the last two decades, following Russia's wars in Chechnya. In 2017, the FSB said it had defeated the insurgency and since then, attacks have become less frequent. But the Crocus City attack was a reminder that Russia's Islamist threat hasn't gone away.
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