Moscow Attack: How could it Impact the War?
Russia blames the West and Kyiv for Friday鈥檚 massacre
Top Russian officials have directly accused Ukraine and the West of being involved in the deadly Moscow concert hall attack, after it was claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group.
We speak to one woman, Valentina, who lives in Russia, about how safe she feels in the country and whether she鈥檚 taking the Kremlin鈥檚 line.
And two Kremlinologists, Angela Stent from Georgetown and Hanne Notte from the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, discuss whether this could result in an escalation in fighting.
Today鈥檚 episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko.
The producers were Arsenii Sokolov and Ivana Davidovic. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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