By Vestnik Kavkaza
According to preliminary data, six people died, 33 were injured in the terrorist attack in Volgograd. Law-enforcement agencies believe that the blast was committed by the native of Dagestan, Naida Asiyalova. According to a source in force structures of Dagestan, she was wife of the Makhachkala terrorist group’s member, Dmitry Sokolov.
Alexei Mukhin, Director General of the Center for Political Information, called the terrorist attack "the first sign" that appeared, unfortunately, and it will mark the beginning of a series, unfortunately, of acts of terrorism, which should create a special atmosphere ahead of the Sochi Olympics, emphasizing that it is not safe to come to these games.
“Why Volgograd, and why a commuter bus?” Mukhin asks. “It is very simple: this is the southern region of Russia, where a woman in a hijab does not cause any serious suspicion. And the plan was justified - she walked through almost the entire city, and no one even asked her documents. A commuter bus is the easiest target, which can only be chosen because inspections are not carried out, and the journey is quite long, and keeping track of these kinds of people is extremely difficult.
My theory is that it's still Sochi, it is "the first sign", and this is the easiest way to start this kind of disgusting, in my opinion, campaign to highlight the failure of the Russian intelligence services and law enforcement agencies to monitor the terrorist situation in the southern regions. To some extent, yes, perhaps this is a ritual response to Biryulyovo, Syria, etc., but I think in this case it is only the fact that many groups which are working in this direction used the results of the attack to emphasize the political significance of the event.”
“The situation is ambiguous,” Sergey Goncharov, president of the Association of Veterans of Alfa, member of the Security Commission of Moscow City Duma, thinks. “Even the investigation which is going on in Volgograd doesn’t give clear assessment to the events, why they happened.
Firstly, inspectors state that the ticket was to Moscow, but the terrorist attack was committed in Volgograd.
Secondly, supposedly an onion was fixed to the bottom of the bus. I assume that it was made to enhance the attack and kill more people or it was a turn of events or the law-enforcement agency which deals with the investigation in Volgograd confused facts.
Thirdly, probably the suicide bomber was used in blind. Five inspectors state that she wore a suicide bomber’s belt stuffed with screws and pins to injure as many people as possible. It is confirmed. If she turned on the bomb by herself, it is one position. If there was control by other people and she didn’t push on the button, it is another variant. Like it was in Moscow near National Hotel when a bomb exploded earlier than it was planned.
According to Goncharov, “anyway, obviously the attack was targeted – a lot of people rode the bus and it was chosen to kill as much innocent people as possible.”
Speaking about reasons for the terrorist attack, Goncharov noted: “After Domodedovo a lot of time had passed, and our security services worked well. At least we didn’t have such tragedies in recent time (we don’t mention the North Caucasus). The first variant. It is probably a respond on riots in Moscow in Biryulyovo, in St. Petersburg and other Russian citizens, on poor migration policy of our state, and on the tough situation over natives from the North Caucasus.
The second variant is our political successes in Syria. We support Assad, and some our natives from the North Caucasus are fighting in Syria against Assad.
The third variant. There are many people who want to ruin the Olympics in Sochi. If the terrorist attack continues, I think many heads of various countries will doubt whether Russia is able to provide security at the Olympic Games in Sochi.”
