Kremlin Contests US Claim That ISIS Affiliate Was Behind Moscow Terror Attack

Moscow has challenged Washington’s claim that a branch of the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS) terrorist group was behind last week’s massive attack in Moscow that left scores of Russian concertgoers dead. “A question for the White House: are you sure it was ISIS, or will you change your mind later?” Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for Russia’s foreign ministry, said on March 25. In remarks cited by Russia’s TASS news agency, she claimed Washington sought to “cover up” its own involvement—and that of its allies in Kyiv—by blaming the deadly incident on the notorious terrorist group. “The American political engineers have painted themselves into a corner with stories that ISIS carried out the attack,” Ms. Zakharova said....