Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson and Joe Biden appeared “burning in hell” on the front page of the Russian state newspaper with the headline blaming the trio for the Moscow concert hall massacre.
The bizarre cover of Arguments and Facts featured a giant firebox in the center of the page, depicting images of Western leaders, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, being set on fire.
In a clear attempt by Russia to point the finger of blame at Ukraine and the West, following the catastrophic attack on Crocus City on March 22, the extraordinary image appeared on the front page.
Above the photo was a chilling headline that read: ‘We know the architects of the Crocus City terrorist attack. And we know who organized it.
‘Let them burn in hell.
The strange cover of Arguments and Facts featured a giant firebox in the center of the page, depicting images of Western leaders. The headline included the phrase: ‘Let them burn in hell’
“All this talk about the Islamic State is nonsense. Let them tell it to each other,’ he continued.
Judging by the image published by the Moscow state newspaper, by “they” they refer to the six figures seen “burning in hell.”
On the far left is a photo of President Zelensky, his face stone cold.
He is positioned next to US President Joe Biden, in a snapshot that appears to be taken from a previous speech he gave.
In the middle of the burning group, Olaf Scholz, the chancellor of Germany, and Emmanuel Macron, president of France, also made an appearance.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson occupy the far right of the burning photo.
Below the front page is a full article alleging the West’s link to the terrorist attack.
The headline of one article reads: “An American Footprint on the Crocus Tragedy?”
He maintains: “Terrorism was the standard tool of the West for decades.”
The bizarre blame game comes even after the Islamic State admitted carrying out the attack on the Crocus City concert hall in Krasnogorsk.
There is no evidence that Ukraine or the West was involved in the massacre, which left more than 140 dead and around 180 injured.
However, this was not the only Russian front page to level accusations at the West about its involvement in the attack.
The front page of Komsomolskaya Pravda, a Russian tabloid newspaper, carried the headline: “In Ukraine they were preparing to give terrorists a hero’s welcome home,” a statement allegedly made by the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB). from Russia, Alexander Bortnikov.
In the article that follows, he answers a question about whether he believes the United States, Britain and Ukraine are responsible for the attack with: “We believe so.”
He also stated in the state-run Rossiyskaya Gazette newspaper: “The Ukrainian side has been involved in training militants in the Middle East.”
It comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed revenge following the brutal attack on the Moscow compound.
The 71-year-old tyrant revealed that the four attackers who perpetrated the ‘barbaric terrorist act’ had been ‘captured and detained’ and warned that all those responsible ‘would be punished’.
Russian authorities released photographs and names of the four suspects: Makhmadrasul Nasridinov, 27, Rivozhidin Ismonov, 51, Shokhindzhonn Safolzoda, 21, and Rustam Nazarov, 29.
Russian media share photographs of four suspected terrorists, at the Crocus concert hall massacre in Moscow, giving their names as (clockwise from left) Makhmadrasul Nasridinov, 27, Rivozhidin Ismonov, 51, Shokhindzhonn Safolzoda, 21, Rustam Nazarov, 29
Images of the alleged gunmen who opened fire at the Crocus Town Hall in Krasnogorsk, Moscow
The burned remains of the Crocus City Hall concert hall after the March 22 massacre
On March 22, four gunmen dressed in combat gear opened fire on Crocus City Hall, before setting it on fire.
Putin said the attackers had tried to escape into Ukraine and that preliminary information showed that some people on the Ukrainian side had prepared to let them cross the border from Russia.
He warned in a televised address to the nation on Saturday: “It is now obvious that we are facing not only a carefully and cynically planned terrorist attack, but the organized mass murder of peaceful and defenseless people.”
“The criminals were cold-blooded and deliberately going to kill and shoot at point-blank range our citizens: our children.
‘Like the Nazis who once carried out massacres in the occupied territories, they planned to organize a demonstrative execution, a bloody act of intimidation.
‘All perpetrators, organizers and those who ordered this crime will be punished fairly and inevitably.
Russian investigators worked inside the Crocus City Hall concert venue after the terrorist attack.
‘Whoever they are, whoever guides them. I repeat, we will identify and punish all those who are behind the terrorists, who prepared this atrocity, this attack against Russia, against our people.”
However, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, which they claimed occurred “in the context of a raging war between the Islamic State and countries fighting against Islam.”
After admitting their involvement, the terrorist group released a gruesome video taken from the body camera of one of the attackers, showing people shot dead with automatic rifles and a concertgoer’s throat slit.