News - Middle East: A Russian intelligence report says the US State Department and special services have been ordered by the administration of President Joe Biden to create a “distorted picture” about last month’s massacre at a concert hall in the Moscow region.

In a statement released on Monday, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said it had received information that US-affiliated NGOs and media have been tasked with “removing from the international community any suspicions about the involvement of [Ukrainian President] Volodymyr Zelensky and his entourage in the crime.”
The SVR suggested that the White House fears that the discovery of a “Kiev trace” in the attack would “highlight the terrorist nature of the Ukrainian regime” and derail Washington’s attempts to increase support for Ukraine.
It further stated that American agencies are already desperately attempting to convince US allies and partners that the Daesh-K, an offshoot of the Daesh terrorist group, was responsible for the attack.
To reinforce this narrative, the US has been “stuffing” the information field with stories about how Russia has long been the target of Daesh terrorists who, among other reasons, seek revenge for Moscow’s support of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the SVR said.
Senior officials in Moscow say the United States is “covering up for Ukraine” by denying that Kiev was involved in the recent terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall outside Moscow.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in an interview with RIA Novosti on Wednesday that Washington’s reaction to the terrorist attack shows a biased behavior.