Russia’s top security agency, the Federal Security Service, says there are dead and wounded in a Moscow concert hall that is ablaze amid a shooting by several gunmen.
Russia is one of the primary actors in the Syrian civil war that originally spawned ISIS. This isn't a "but actually the US" thing, Russia has been balls deep in this shitshow from the start.
Of course, putin is not above killing russians if it benefits him. But russia has plenty of natural sources of potential extremist violence. As climate change and resource scarcity pile increasing pressure on individual humans and whole societies, events like this become more common.
Sometimes, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it might just be a duck.
Let's at least wait to see what putin does in response before we jump up and down shouting about putin's 1999 apartment bombings.
The largest attacks committed by ISIS recently (that aren't in Africa/Afghanistan, where ISIS is actively operating) have been: Pakistan, Iran, Russia.
Not exactly the US' friends. Meanwhile, Israel, which is literally committing a genocide against a Muslim population and desecrating the third holiest site in Islam, remains almost untouched. In fact, ISIS apologized when they accidentally attacked Israel in the Golan Heights.
It's a prudent move in the wake of one attack to avoid presenting any obvious targets. Besides, it's not like the Russian government needs an excuse to shut down non-controlled opposition rallies.