Analysis | Putin sees Kyiv in Moscow terrorist attack. But ISIS is its own story.

Putin acknowledged in a televised government meeting Monday evening, before taking an angrier, conspiratorial turn.

For a regime that has staked much of its credibility and political future on the war in Ukraine, Putin and his Kremlin allies need to keep the domestic focus on the perfidy of the foes next door.

Ukrainian officials angrily dismissed Putin's casting of blame.

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