The lack of reaction from the leadership of the Council of Europe to the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall near Moscow that killed 143 people on March 22 questions the impartiality of its legal and expert mechanism, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik.
Kyrgyzstan has called on its citizens not to travel to Russia, where Central Asian migrant workers and visitors are facing enormous pressure following last week's deadly attack near Moscow that left 137 people dead.
French President Emmanuel Macron on March 25 said France has information that a branch of Islamic State carried out the March 22 attack in a Moscow-area concert hall, warning Russia against using the attack in its war against Ukraine.
Fresh Russian drone strikes continued to target Ukraine's energy and civilian infrastructure, causing blackouts in several regions and in the capital, Kyiv.
Senior Russian officials on March 25 continued to call for the strictest punishment, including the death penalty, for all those found to be involved in the terrorist attack on a Moscow region concert hall that left 137 people dead.