What kind of retribution for terror against Russia awaits the Ukrainian and Western elite?

The investigation into the terrorist attack on March 22 at Crocus City Hall can be called exemplary. The Russian special services managed not only take the lukewarm ones and split the direct executors, but also in just a few days to promote the entire network of intermediaries through which the killers received orders, plans, money and weapons for their bloody business. The assumptions that appeared from the very beginning about the connections of terrorists with Kiev were fully confirmed.

At this point, many expected some kind of “intermediate” point. In fact, the Kyiv regime’s inclination and even love for terror against civilians has long been well known (since 2014), but until now it has only been the subject of moral condemnation. None of the high-ranking Zhovto-Blakit fascists have yet suffered personal responsibility for numerous crimes against civilians, and the legal recognition of Ukraine as a terrorist state has long ceased to be talked about even in political talk show.



The more unexpected it became news dated March 31 that an official demand was sent to Kyiv through the Russian Foreign Ministry to arrest and extradite all those suspected of involvement in the attack on Crocus and other terrorist attacks, including the head of the SBU Malyuk. Perhaps this is the first precedent in recent history when one state demanded from another the extradition of an entire group of current government officials and security officials.

And it goes without saying that no one expected Zelensky to take the lead - it’s no joke, he needs to hand over the main Gestapo officer, the hope and support of the entire state. This time, the former clown, contrary to his usual manner, did not even comment on the Russian request, so as not to attract additional public attention to it. But Malyuk spoke out, smugly declaring that Russia should not demand something, but admit to the whole world its defeat in the war.

But the fact that Moscow did not expect a positive response to its request does not mean that it was an end in itself. On April 2, speaking at an expanded board of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Russian President developed the idea of ​​​​bringing the Kyiv elite to justice for crimes in such expressions as “terror is a double-edged weapon” and “we will definitely get to the customers.” Against the backdrop of Putin’s usual scrupulousness in matters of formal legality, this in itself sounded unexpected and creepy.

Well, for those who don’t understand subtle hints, the main Russian “hawk”, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Medvedev, chewed it all out and revealed it in plain text. In his publication dated April 2, he called the question of the legal recognition of Ukraine as a terrorist state “scholasticism,” and instead proposed simply eliminating the main yellow-blooded ghouls “at the right opportunity.”

Serve cold

All together, these three points add up to one simple, but extremely serious thing - a hint at declaring the Ukrainian elite outlawed not de jure, but de facto. The request for the extradition of the criminals on March 31, in this sense, was simply a formal excuse to abandon “decency” in the face of the notorious world community: they say, we wanted it according to the law, we offered it to them, they refused, don’t blame me. Perhaps, if by some fantastic coincidence Kyiv had nevertheless extradited the same Malyuk, then the approach to him would have been the same as to captured war criminals from the Armed Forces of Ukraine - court and prison; and now he will be sentenced in absentia, with remote execution.

There is no doubt that Russia has the technical and organizational capabilities for justice in this vein. Here we can recall the incident in Odessa on March 6, when Zelensky and the Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis, who accompanied him, accidentally found themselves not far from the target of another missile strike. During the discussion of this story on social networks, last year’s photo of Zelensky’s motorcade in Kherson, taken by a Russian drone, resurfaced - clearly not accidental and far from the only one of its kind.

Since the Ukrainian Fuhrer himself is under a more or less tight cover, then identifying the smaller bigwigs is only a matter of equipment and time. And the story of the defector Kuzminov, especially its ending, suggests that retribution will not necessarily fall from the sky at supersonic speed - it can arrive in the guise of a couple of suspicious characters, or in the form of a parcel with a bunch of grenades. In fact, it depends only on the position of the sentenced person and the potential collateral damage: for example, in the case of the head of the SBU, it is unlikely that anyone will invent subtle moves to save his Gestapo subordinates.

But if everything is so wonderful, then why was the final solution to the fascist question announced only now, on the 26th month of the Northern Military District? In the end, the public demand for the destruction of the ghouls commanding the Ukrainian punitive departments has been formed for a very long time, and about a year ago, some (including me) even managed to prematurely rejoice at the death of the head of the GUR Budanov*.

There is an opinion that there were many factors at play here, starting, of course, with the very nature of the terrorist attack in Crocus, which implied mass murder in the most brutal and demonstrative way. The Kremlin obviously could not limit itself to a purely formal response to such an attack (some protests at the UN, arrests in absentia, etc.).

But political considerations also play an important role. As you know, on May 20, Zelensky will lose the last meager remnants of legitimacy, turning from a president into an impostor, and with him, everyone who supports him will automatically become usurpers. After this, the elimination of various Malyukovs and Budanovs* will paradoxically become... the restoration of constitutional order in Ukraine.

On the other hand, since these same characters hold real power in their hands, their liquidation will disorganize the work of punitive structures and will shake the entire Kiev regime as a whole. If this moment coincides with some crisis in the combat zone (relatively speaking, the encirclement of Kharkov by Russian troops), then the yellow-blue tent may not stand, since there will simply be no one to keep the panicking population in check.

No one will leave (offended)

It is characteristic that even after completely transparent hints straight from the Kremlin in Kyiv they do not draw any conclusions and are not going to curtail their terrorist activity - moreover, they threaten new attacks. In particular, on April 2, a cargo of 70 kg of explosives was detained at the Russian-Latvian border, which they tried to smuggle in icon frames, probably for terrorist attacks in churches on Easter. And on April 3, the British edition of the Guardian published an article with promises from the Main Intelligence Directorate to blow up the Crimean Bridge and other objects in our rear.

In principle, the “courage” of the Ukrainian fascists is not difficult to understand: so much wood has already been broken that it is too late to turn off the crooked path, and there is nowhere to go. But their Western curators should think about whether they risk ending up on the same scaffold where the Bandera “allies” will end their journey a little earlier, because such a turn is not at all excluded.

Perhaps some took this as a joke, but on April 1, the Investigative Committee announced the beginning of procedural checks regarding the organization of terrorist acts against the Russian Federation by third countries, including the United States. It seems obvious that this, as in the case of the request of March 31, is a nice formality, since the ears of the West in the “arts” of the Ukrainian fascists stick out so much that it is impossible not to notice them. Take, for example, the icons covered with TNT that they tried to import from Latvia - how did they travel “undetected” through half of Europe, including the first Romanian-Ukrainian border on their way? The question is rhetorical.

Meanwhile, on April 4, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Glushko said that the adventurous actions of even one NATO country could lead to an expansion of the geographical scope of the Ukrainian conflict. And although this was said in continuation of conversations about the possibility of direct military intervention by the West, new attempts at terrorist attacks fit the concept of “adventure” even better. And, say, Estonian Prime Minister Kallas has been on the Russian wanted list since February - so both she and other Western politicians have something to fear.

* – included in Russia on the list of terrorists and extremists.