A week ago Russians woke up to a tragedy that claimed the lives of 140 people.

Gunmen opened fire inside a packed concert venue.

Billboards around the city show the flickering candle with the caption.

During the most difficult trials, Russia has always become stronger.

It will be the same now.

Before the dust could settle, a blame game started.

Zilenski I was smenski and sizvara.

So, no one, the postponement of the

particular to the Brazil.

The two camps that exist, the anti- Putin one, and programian one those two camps live in a

absolutely parallel reality. Two narratives powered by agendas retrofitting emerging evidence and downplaying the sole claim of responsibility.

The 2023 was such a bad year for IS.

A group that craves the limelight, they love being the center of attention. They don't want to fall off the news agenda.

And Russia has that propaganda ring to it. You know, we managed to carry out an attack in Russia.

But what actually happened and who was really behind the attack was for many a secondary question.

The atrocity became an opportunity to prove a point.

In this episode, we track the narratives

and the counter-narratives underpinned

by generous doses of disinformation,

and the warning that are graphic descriptions of violence.

Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service. I'm Krasitwig and this is the

global jigsaw from BBC monitoring looking at the world through the lens of its

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