Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Moscow Massacre: How Will Russia Respond?" video.

  1. From Putin's point of view, he will want to blame Ukraine in the hopes of hardening the stance of the Russian population to support the war, it's a risky move from Putin, considering all the evidence and warnings pointing to ISIS, it could backfire on Putin that Russians might start asking question in that, if Putin is willing to lie about this to them, what else is he lying about? Still, from Putin's point of view, he's in a desperate situation, he needs to protect his position of power by keeping the Russian people onboard, and because of how committed he's got on the war in Ukraine, he can't backtrack on that without it being humiliating and maybe even ended his leadership role in Russia. So basically, anything negative that happens in Russia, it's Ukraine's fault according to Putin, and Putin will keep pushing that agenda to keep the Russian people onside, in this case, considering the US warned Russia last month and that ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, the credibility of Putin could take a hit if he pushed this lie on the Russian people and it could be a risky move for him. It's going to be interesting to see how the Russian people react to that over the coming weeks and months. Also, the police response of 1.5 hours was way too slow for this kind of incident, you have to wonder how Putin will explain that to the Russian people, probably lie to them, but it wouldn't surprise me if the slow response was on purpose so the terrorist could do more damage, Putin aiming to blame it on Ukraine and Putin hoping it gets the Russian people more angry to back the war effort, this wouldn't surprise me at all as dictators throughout history have used these tactics on their own people to push an agenda, and let's be blunt about this, Putin doesn't care about the Russian people, he cares about his position of power and knows he needs to keep the Russian people onside to keep that power, so he will lie, cheat and do whatever is needed to keep his position of power and the people onside.
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