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==The attack==
[[File:Crocus 3-22-24.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Crocus attack, March 22, 2024.]]
The Crocus City Hall, Russia's largest music concert hall seating some 6,000, is part of a large shopping mall complex located in the suburb of Krasnogorsk on the northwestern outskirts of Moscow. The concert was to feature the band Picnic with a symphony orchestra to perform their new hit ''Don't Be Afraid of Anything''.

Four militants, armed with automatic weapons, entered the building and began to methodically shoot everyone who came in their way.  Eyewitnesses said that they had Kalashnikov assault rifles and carbines equipped with sights, apparently collimators, and even flashlights, and small backpacks on their shoulders. Most of the attackers' faces were covered with scarves, but some of the witnesses saw beards sticking out from under them.  The terrorists were young men, above average height, up to 180 cm, possibly using false beards and moustaches. 

The criminals acted in a coordinated manner, in a military manner, as if such actions were a habitual thing for them.<ref>[https://bmanalysis.substack.com/p/the-crocus-disaster The Crocus Disaster], ALEKS, Black Mountain Analysis, MAR 25, 2024. bmanalysis.substack.com</ref> According to the security forces, the terrorists had military and airsoft training, using it against civilians and unsuspecting people.

After spilling the liquid they had brought with them, they set fire to the curtain and chairs with incendiary devices. When the fire flared up, rising to the very top and engulfing part of the roof, they, according to preliminary data, left the scene of the massacre. An explosion was heard. About 100 people were trapped inside, who were rescued by the fire department. The roof of the building collapsed. Special Forces of the [[FSB]] entered the building.

The operation bore the fingerprints of the [[CIA]]-created Ukrainian [[SBU]]'s (former Ukrainian [[KGB]]) Fifth Directorate that was created for the very purpose of staging these types of attacks deep inside Russia to attempt to destabilize Putin’s regime while giving the US plausible deniability.<ref>[https://dpyne.substack.com/p/terrorist-attack-that-killed-143 Terrorist Attack that Killed 143 Russian Civilians in Moscow Yesterday Appears to have been Sponsored by Ukraine, not ISIS-K], DAVID T. PYNE, MAR 23, 2024. dpyne.substack.com</ref>