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Timeline: Attack on Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk

78 entries, 22 Mar 2024 to 6 Apr 2026. Statements, decisions, inspections, criminal cases and verdicts, money and memorials, each with its source and archive copy.

Quotes on this page are our translations from Russian; each original is in its source's archive copy and on the Russian page. Russian page

2024

  1. 22 Mar 2024, 20:58 Moscow timeReport. Emergency services (as reported by Interfax): Emergency services said attackers had opened fire at the entrance during a concert and the building had caught fire; there were dead and injured.
    “The attackers at the entrance to the building, during the concert, apparently opened fire with automatic weapons; then a fire broke out in the building”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  2. 22 Mar 2024, 21:00 Moscow timeStatement. Andrei Vorobyov, Governor of the Moscow region: Vorobyov said he had gone to the scene and an emergency headquarters had been set up.
    “Gone to the scene. An emergency headquarters has been set up. All details later”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  3. 22 Mar 2024, 21:25 Moscow timeStatement. FSB public relations centre: The FSB confirmed that shooting had started in the complex before the concert and a fire had broken out.
    “According to preliminary information, shooting began in the Crocus City Hall complex before a concert by a Russian band. A fire broke out”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  4. 22 Mar 2024, 21:42 Moscow timeStatement. Prosecutor General's Office of Russia: The Prosecutor General's Office confirmed the shooting and the fire; the Moscow region prosecutor Sergei Zabaturin was coordinating the services at the scene.
    “unknown men in camouflage clothing burst into the building and opened fire”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  5. 22 Mar 2024, 22:06 Moscow timeCriminal case. Investigative Committee, Main Investigations Directorate: The Investigative Committee's main directorate opened a criminal case under article 205 of the Criminal Code ("terrorist act").
    “Over the incident at the Crocus City Hall concert hall, the Main Investigations Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case under article 205 of the Criminal Code (terrorist act).”
    Следственный комитет России, archive copy
  6. 22 Mar 2024, 22:14 Moscow timeReport. Federal Security Service (FSB): The FSB reported 40 dead and more than 100 injured, as preliminary figures.
    “According to preliminary information, 40 people died in the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall entertainment complex, the FSB said.”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  7. 22 Mar 2024Statement. Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma: Volodin offered condolences and said the perpetrators must be destroyed.
    “Law enforcement is doing its job. The scum who committed this monstrous terrorist attack must be destroyed”
    Государственная Дума, archive copy
  8. 22 Mar 2024, 22:51 Moscow timeStatement. Dmitry Peskov, the President's press secretary: Peskov said Putin had been told of the shooting in the first minutes and had given all necessary instructions; by the morning of 23 March the heads of the FSB, the Interior Ministry, the Investigative Committee and the National Guard had reported to him on the investigation (K73699).
    “In the first minutes of what happened at Crocus City Hall, the President was told that shooting had begun. The President is constantly receiving information from all the relevant services on what is happening and the measures being taken. The President has given all the necessary instructions”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  9. 23 Mar 2024, 01:35 Moscow timeReport. Mikhail Murashko, Minister of Health: Murashko reported 115 people in hospital, five of them children; 60 adults were in a serious condition.
    “As of today, in the terrorist attack, we have hospitalised 115 people, five of them children. One child is in a serious condition”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  10. 23 Mar 2024, 01:42 Moscow timeStatement. Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council: Medvedev wrote that if the attackers were established to be "terrorists of the Kyiv regime", they and the officials involved must be found and destroyed.
    “According to Medvedev, if it is established that these are terrorists of the Kyiv regime, there is no other way to deal with them and those who inspired them. "They must all be found and destroyed without mercy as terrorists. Including officials of the state that committed such an atrocity"”
    Российская газета, archive copy
  11. 23 Mar 2024, 03:25 Moscow timeReport. Investigative Committee of Russia: The Investigative Committee reported more than 60 dead and warned the number would rise.
    “It has been preliminarily established that more than 60 people died in the terrorist attack. Unfortunately, the number of victims may rise.”
    Следственный комитет России, archive copy
  12. 23 Mar 2024, 05:03 Moscow timeReport. Andrei Vorobyov, Governor of the Moscow region: Vorobyov said the roof over the auditorium had collapsed and the fire was mostly out.
    “The structures are still being doused. Some pockets of fire remain, but the fire has mostly been put out. Rescuers were able to enter the auditorium, where the temperature was high for a long time and where, apparently, the fire was centred”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  13. 23 Mar 2024, 11:05 Moscow timeArrest. Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the FSB: Bortnikov reported to Putin that 11 people had been detained, including four the FSB named as the direct attackers.
    “reported to Vladimir Putin the detention of 11 people, including all four terrorists who took part directly in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall.”
    Сайт Президента России, archive copy
  14. 23 Mar 2024, 11:28 Moscow timeReport. Investigative Committee of Russia: The Investigative Committee reported 93 dead; causes of death were gunshot wounds and poisoning by combustion products.
    “It has now been established that the number of dead is 93. The number of dead will rise further”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  15. 23 Mar 2024, 11:40 Moscow timeInstruction. Sergei Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow; Andrei Vorobyov, Governor of the Moscow region: Sobyanin and Vorobyov said Moscow and the Moscow region would organise the funerals and cover their cost.
    “We will without fail compensate everyone for the cost of burial and settle all legal matters”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  16. 23 Mar 2024, 12:07 Moscow timeArrest. FSB public relations centre: The FSB said the four had been detained in Bryansk region on their way to the Ukrainian border and stated that they had "the relevant contact on the Ukrainian side".
    “After committing the terrorist attack, the criminals intended to cross the Russian-Ukrainian border and had the relevant contact on the Ukrainian side”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  17. 23 Mar 2024, 12:31 Moscow timeMoney. Sergei Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow; Andrei Vorobyov, Governor of the Moscow region: Sobyanin announced payments: 3 million roubles to the families of the dead and 500,000 to 1 million to the injured, including non-residents and foreigners; Moscow added monthly payments for children who lost a parent.₽3,000,000 to the family for each person killed
    “The families of those killed in the terrorist attack at Crocus will receive payments of 3 million roubles; the injured will be paid from 500,000 to 1 million roubles.”
    Российская газета, archive copy
  18. 23 Mar 2024, 12:55 Moscow timeReport. Investigative Committee of Russia: The Investigative Committee reported 115 dead and said the attackers had set fire to the hall with a flammable liquid; four suspects had been detained in Bryansk region.
    “It has also been established that the terrorists used a flammable liquid to set fire to the rooms of the concert hall where the audience, including the wounded, were.”
    Следственный комитет России, archive copy
  19. 23 Mar 2024, 15:30 Moscow timeStatement. Vladimir Putin, President of Russia: In an address Putin said the four attackers had been detained on their way to Ukraine, where "a window" had been "prepared from the Ukrainian side" for them; he declared 24 March a national day of mourning and promised punishment for all involved.
    “They tried to escape and were moving towards Ukraine, where, according to preliminary data, a window had been prepared for them from the Ukrainian side to cross the state border.”
    Сайт Президента России, archive copy
  20. 23 Mar 2024, 16:29 Moscow timeReport. Investigative Committee of Russia: The Investigative Committee said the death toll had risen to 133 as rubble was cleared.
    “As the rubble at the Crocus City Hall concert hall is cleared, the number of dead in the terrorist attack has risen to 133. The search continues”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  21. 23 Mar 2024, 19:32 Moscow timeStatement. Prosecutor General's Office; Moscow region prosecutor's office: Prosecutors said the complex had been lawfully commissioned on 12 October 2009 and called reports to the contrary untrue.
    “reports that the building had not been put into use and was missing from Rosreestr's cadastral map do not correspond to reality”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  22. 23 Mar 2024, 20:23 Moscow timeStatement. Prosecutor General's Office of Russia: The Prosecutor General's Office called untrue the reports that inspectors had not checked the complex's fire safety.
    “It has been established that all the necessary inspections were carried out in full”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  23. 24 Mar 2024, 08:00 Moscow timeMemorial. Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (who declared the day of mourning in his address of 23 March): Russia observed a national day of mourning.
    “A day of mourning began in Russia on Sunday, 24 March, for those killed in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall on Friday evening.”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  24. 24 Mar 2024, 13:55 Moscow timeInstruction. Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigative Committee: At the scene Bastrykin ordered checks of the building's fire safety and of whether the emergency exit doors had been open.
    “During the meeting the Chairman of the Investigative Committee also ordered a check of the fire safety of the building, and of whether the emergency exit doors were open.”
    Следственный комитет России, archive copy
  25. 24 Mar 2024, 16:55 Moscow timeReport. Investigative Committee of Russia: The Investigative Committee reported 137 dead, three of them children; 62 bodies had been identified.
    “The identification of the bodies of the dead continues. So far the bodies of 137 people have been found at the scene of the attack, three of them children.”
    Следственный комитет России, archive copy
  26. 24 Mar 2024, 17:45 Moscow timeMemorial. Vladimir Putin, President of Russia: Putin paid his respects to the dead (at Novo-Ogaryovo).
    “Vladimir Putin paid his respects to those killed in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall.”
    Сайт Президента России, archive copy
  27. 24 Mar 2024, 22:39 Moscow timeArrest. Basmanny District Court of Moscow: At the Investigative Committee's request the Basmanny court remanded the four accused of the attack until 22 May under article 205(3)(b); the hearings were closed.
    “According to the court's records, the accused are charged with a terrorist act causing a person's death, committed by an organised group (article 205(3)(b) of the Criminal Code).”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  28. 25 Mar 2024, 12:30 Moscow timeStatement. Dmitry Peskov, the President's press secretary: Peskov declined to answer a question about visible injuries on the accused brought to court; on 25 March he also declined to assess reports of IS involvement, citing the investigation.
    “I am leaving this question unanswered”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  29. 25 Mar 2024, 13:49 Moscow timeStatement. Mikhail Mishustin, Prime Minister of Russia: Mishustin said those responsible would be punished.
    “These events are now being investigated. Those responsible will be punished. They do not deserve mercy”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  30. 25 Mar 2024, 15:20 Moscow timeStatement. Alexander Khinshtein, State Duma deputy: Khinshtein wrote that Crocus's security firm held firearms but the guards at the entrance worked without them because the law does not require it, and proposed changing the law.
    “By law, private security organisations today are not required to post armed guards at places where crowds gather”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  31. 25 Mar 2024, 19:02 Moscow timeArrest. Basmanny District Court of Moscow; Investigative Committee: The court remanded three more people who, the Investigative Committee says, provided the attackers with a flat and a car and carried money; they face the same article.
    “All three accused, according to the court's records, are charged with a terrorist act causing a person's death, committed by an organised group (article 205(3)(b) of the Criminal Code).”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  32. 25 Mar 2024, 21:35 Moscow timeStatement. Vladimir Putin, President of Russia: At the meeting Putin said the attack was carried out "by the hands of radical Islamists", but the question was who ordered it and why the attackers tried to reach Ukraine.
    “We know that the crime was committed by the hands of radical Islamists, whose ideology the Islamic world itself has been fighting for centuries.”
    Сайт Президента России, archive copy
  33. 25 Mar 2024, 21:35 Moscow timeReport. Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigative Committee: Bastrykin reported 139 dead (137 at the scene, two in hospital) and 182 injured, and said possible breaches of safety rules and of the fire-suppression system were being checked.
    “139 people died in the attack. 75 of them have been identified today. Three children are among the dead.”
    Сайт Президента России, archive copy
  34. 25 Mar 2024, 21:35 Moscow timeReport. Igor Krasnov, Prosecutor General of Russia: Krasnov reported that the building's security passport had been approved in 2018 and never updated, and that the scale of the attack was out of proportion to the safety law for such buildings.
    “The building's security passport was approved on 17 December 2018 and has not been updated since, and unfortunately it does not take account of the existing terrorist threats.”
    Сайт Президента России, archive copy
  35. 25 Mar 2024, 21:35 Moscow timeReport. Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of Emergencies: Kurenkov said the fire alarm had worked as designed but the system could not put out a fire over so large an area; the fire was fully put out at 18:40.
    “The building was equipped with an automatic fire alarm system. At the time of the fire, this system worked as designed.”
    Сайт Президента России, archive copy
  36. 25 Mar 2024, 21:35 Moscow timeReport. Tatyana Golikova, Deputy Prime Minister: Golikova reported one-off payments of 3 million, 1 million and 500,000 roubles, paid by Moscow (to Muscovites and residents of other regions) and the Moscow region (to its residents), and 22 survivor pensions already granted.
    “Today, proactively and without asking for documents, 22 survivor's pensions have already been granted, 19 of them insurance pensions and three social ones.”
    Сайт Президента России, archive copy
  37. 25 Mar 2024, 21:35 Moscow timeMoney. Andrei Vorobyov, Governor of the Moscow region: Vorobyov told the President of the Moscow region's payments: 3 million roubles to the family of each resident killed, 1 million to those in hospital, 500,000 to the injured; the first payments were made on 23 March.₽3,000,000 to the family for each Moscow region resident killed
    “As for payments, we adopted a single payment: three million if one of our residents died, a million if hospitalised, and 500 [thousand roubles] to [anyone] who suffered injuries or wounds.”
    Сайт Президента России, archive copy
  38. 26 Mar 2024, 13:36 Moscow timeStatement. Dmitry Peskov, the President's press secretary: Peskov said that while the investigation continued the authorities could not make statements about a link between the attack and Ukraine's leadership.
    “while the investigation is under way, the official authorities cannot allow themselves to make any statements on this”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  39. 26 Mar 2024, 13:45 Moscow timeStatement. Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Security Council: Asked whether IS or Ukraine was behind the attack, Patrushev answered "Of course, Ukraine".
    “"Of course, Ukraine," he told journalists, answering the question whether ISIS (a terrorist organisation banned in Russia) or Ukraine was behind this attack.”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  40. 26 Mar 2024, 14:35 Moscow timeStatement. Igor Krasnov, Prosecutor General of Russia: Krasnov called the attack a new challenge for law enforcement in protecting places where crowds gather.
    “The terrorist attack at Crocus City is a new challenge for the whole law enforcement system, above all in terms of the protection of places where crowds gather.”
    Сайт Президента России, archive copy
  41. 26 Mar 2024, 15:13 Moscow timeStatement. Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the FSB: Bortnikov said the attack was prepared by "radical Islamists", helped, in his words, by Western intelligence services and Ukraine's intelligence services.
    “We believe the action was prepared both by the radical Islamists themselves and, naturally, with help from Western intelligence services, and Ukraine's intelligence services themselves are directly involved in it”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  42. 27 Mar 2024, 17:29 Moscow timeReport. Investigative Committee of Russia: The Investigative Committee reported 143 missing-person reports and 84 bodies identified, including five children aged 9 to 16.
    “The Investigative Committee has received 143 statements from victims about relatives or friends missing as a result of the terrorist act. Of these, 84 bodies of the dead have so far been identified, including the bodies of five children aged 9 to 16.”
    Следственный комитет России, archive copy
  43. 27 Mar 2024, 22:11 Moscow timeStatement. Dmitry Peskov, the President's press secretary: Peskov called it strange that the US named a single version while the Russian investigation was still under way.
    “If we still cannot state any single version because the investigation is continuing, it is strange, to say the least, that the Americans take it upon themselves to declare one single version”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  44. 28 Mar 2024, 17:45 Moscow timeStatement. Investigative Committee of Russia: The Investigative Committee said it had evidence of the accused's links with "Ukrainian nationalists" and of money and cryptocurrency reaching them "from Ukraine"; one more suspect was detained.
    “Work with the detained terrorists, examination of the technical devices seized from them and analysis of financial transactions have produced evidence of their links with Ukrainian nationalists.”
    Следственный комитет России, archive copy
  45. 29 Mar 2024, 13:55 Moscow timeReport. Mikhail Murashko, Minister of Health: Murashko reported the death in hospital of another injured person; by Interfax's count, 144 dead.
    “Another person injured in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, who had severe gunshot wounds and was in an extremely serious condition, died in hospital, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko told journalists on Friday.”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  46. 29 Mar 2024, 18:53 Moscow timeCharge. Investigative Committee of Russia: The Investigative Committee said a ninth participant had been charged, and that according to the accused a man using a pseudonym coordinated them by Telegram and told them to drive to the border and on to Kyiv for their reward.
    “On the coordinator's instructions, after the crime the terrorists drove towards the Russian-Ukrainian border in order to cross it and reach Kyiv to receive the reward promised to them.”
    Следственный комитет России, archive copy
  47. 30 Mar 2024, 12:53 Moscow timeReport. Emergencies Ministry, Moscow region directorate: MChS for the Moscow region reported 695 people affected, 144 of them dead, including five children.
    “As of 06:00 on 30.03.2024, 695 people (including 15 children) were affected by the terrorist attack, 144 of whom died (including 5 children)”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  48. 2 Apr 2024, 15:00 Moscow timeStatement. Vladimir Putin, President of Russia: Putin said the actions of all the services and commercial organisations responsible for the building were being assessed as a whole.
    “But I will add that the actions of all the law enforcement, control and supervisory services and commercial organisations responsible for this large building, where the terrorist attack took place, are now being assessed as a whole.”
    Сайт Президента России, archive copy
  49. 2 Apr 2024, 18:39 Moscow timeReport. Moscow Department of Labour and Social Protection: Moscow said 221 of the 417 applicants had received payments.
    “To date 417 people have applied and 221 have received payments”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  50. 4 Apr 2024, 14:25 Moscow timeStatement. Vladimir Putin, President of Russia: Putin said the aim of "those who ordered" the attack was to damage the country's unity and that Russia could not be a target of attacks by "Islamic fundamentalists".
    “No other aims can be seen, and there are none, because Russia cannot be a target of terrorist attacks by Islamic fundamentalists.”
    Сайт Президента России, archive copy
  51. 5 Apr 2024, 08:00 Moscow timeStatement. Investigative Committee of Russia: The Investigative Committee said it was checking the possible role of Ukrainian intelligence officers and of international Islamist organisations in organising and financing the attack.
    “A set of investigative actions and operational measures continues to check whether representatives of Ukrainian intelligence services and international Islamist terrorist organisations were involved in organising and financing the terrorist attack.”
    Следственный комитет России, archive copy
  52. 8 Apr 2024, 15:03 Moscow timeCharge. Investigative Committee of Russia: The Investigative Committee said eleven identified participants had been charged and were all in custody.
    “So far eleven people involved in this particularly grave crime have been identified in the criminal case. All have been charged and remanded in custody.”
    Следственный комитет России, archive copy
  53. 9 Apr 2024, 13:01 Moscow timeMoney. Social Fund of Russia: The Social Fund had granted 69 survivor pensions and paid 6 million roubles of insurance for three deaths at work.₽6m
    “For three deaths in the course of work, one-off insurance payments totalling 6 million roubles have been granted and made to eight recipients, and monthly insurance payments have been granted to two recipients”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  54. 24 Apr 2024, 11:32 Moscow timeStatement. Igor Krasnov, Prosecutor General of Russia: Krasnov said the attack had shown the need to revise the legal rules on security at such buildings.
    “A full assessment has yet to be made, but it can already be said that the scale of the terrorist attack showed the need to revise the legal rules on security at such buildings”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  55. 30 Apr 2024, 13:36 Moscow timeReport. Andrei Vorobyov, Governor of the Moscow region: On the 40th day Vorobyov gave 145 dead and 551 injured and said more than 1.6 billion roubles had been collected for the Russian Red Cross fund.
    “40 days ago the tragedy at Crocus took 145 lives. Another 551 people were injured. A huge number of people did not stand aside. Together we collected more than 1.6 billion roubles in the Russian Red Cross fund to help the families of the dead and the injured.”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  56. 21 May 2024, 16:58 Moscow timeMemorial. Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Investigative Committee: Bastrykin presented the Investigative Committee's medal "Valour and Courage" to five visitors and staff who had rescued people.
    “Investigators established the role of eyewitnesses of the tragic events who did not stay indifferent and, at risk to themselves, rushed to save other people's lives rather than their own.”
    Следственный комитет России, archive copy
  57. 24 May 2024, 08:15 Moscow timeStatement. Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the FSB: Bortnikov said more than 20 people had been detained, that the attack was coordinated online by members of "Vilayat Khorasan" in the Afghan-Pakistani zone, and that "Ukraine's military intelligence" was "directly involved".
    “the preparations, financing, attack and escape of the terrorists were coordinated over the internet by members of the "Vilayat Khorasan" group (the Afghan branch of the terrorist organisation ISIS, banned in Russia), who were in the Afghan-Pakistani zone”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  58. 24 May 2024, 08:15 Moscow timeStatement. Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the FSB: Bortnikov said that, in his words, Ukraine's military intelligence was "directly involved" in the attack.
    “The investigation continues, but it can already be said with confidence that Ukraine's military intelligence is directly involved in this attack”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  59. 31 May 2024, 12:19 Moscow timeCriminal case. Basmanny District Court of Moscow (court documents); Investigative Committee: A court ruling showed that on 25 March 2024 a case under article 238(3) (services not meeting safety requirements) had been opened and joined to the attack case; a court document of 17 May linked it to how the building's security was organised.
    “A criminal case opened on 25 March 2024 under article 238(3) of the Criminal Code (providing services that do not meet safety requirements, causing the death of two or more people by negligence) has been joined to this criminal case”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  60. 1 Jun 2024, 18:05 Moscow timeReport. Basmanny District Court of Moscow (court ruling): According to a court document, 20 people had been charged, 18 of them in custody and two released on a written undertaking; the article 238 case concerns "improper security services" at the building; more than 1,700 people had been recognised as victims.
    “In the criminal case, 20 people have been charged; the court has remanded 18 of them in custody and released two on a written undertaking not to leave and to behave properly”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  61. 8 Jul 2024Memorial. Vladimir Putin, President of Russia (decree on the award): Putin posthumously awarded the Order of Courage to a concert-goer killed while trying to stop one of the attackers.
    “For courage and valour shown in performing his civic duty”
    Известия, archive copy
  62. 24 Jul 2024, 09:39 Moscow timeCriminal case. Ingosstrakh, the hall owner's insurer: A collective claim by visitors and relatives of the dead asked the court to recognise the attack as an insured event under the hall owner's liability policy; the insurer said terrorism was not covered.
    “The client did not include the "terrorist attack" risk in the civil liability insurance contract.”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  63. 16 Aug 2024, 13:48 Moscow timeCharge. Basmanny District Court of Moscow; Investigative Committee: Three of the four accused of the attack were additionally charged under articles 205.5(2), 205.3 and 222(4) (in the court's words: taking part in "a terrorist organisation", "training for terrorist activity" and illegal arms trafficking).
    “they are now also charged with taking part in the activities of a terrorist organisation (article 205.5(2) of the Criminal Code), training for terrorist activity (article 205.3) and illegal arms trafficking by an organised group (article 222(4))”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  64. 20 Nov 2024Law. State Duma (as reported by RIA Novosti): The State Duma passed the law "On private security activity". According to RIA Novosti, security firms guarding places where crowds gather will have to do so with firearms; the laws take effect on 1 September 2026.
    “Moreover, private security organisations guarding places where crowds gather will be obliged to do so with firearms.”
    РИА Новости, archive copy
  65. 24 Dec 2024, 18:51 Moscow timeMemorial. Sergei Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow: Sobyanin presented the medal "For saving the perishing" to two Moscow schoolboys who had rescued people in the hall.
    “They received the medals "For saving the perishing" for their brave and decisive actions in saving people on 22 March 2024 at the Crocus City Hall concert hall.”
    Интерфакс, archive copy

2025

  1. 22 Mar 2025, 09:00 Moscow timeStatement. Investigative Committee of Russia: On the anniversary the Investigative Committee said its conclusion was that the attack had been planned and organised by "the special services of an unfriendly state"; six alleged organisers were arrested in absentia and wanted.
    “On the basis of the evidence gathered, the investigation concluded that the terrorist act was planned and organised by the special services of an unfriendly state to destabilise the situation in Russia. Members of an international terrorist organisation were recruited to carry it out.”
    Следственный комитет России, archive copy
  2. 22 Mar 2025, 12:39 Moscow timeMemorial. Andrei Vorobyov, Governor of the Moscow region: A memorial — two steles with cranes — was unveiled by the concert hall; Vorobyov spoke at the opening.
    “"In memory of the victims of the terrorist act of 22 March 2024", reads the inscription on the monument.”
    РИА Новости, archive copy
  3. 20 May 2025, 14:20 Moscow timeReport. Investigative Committee of Russia: The Investigative Committee put the damage at almost 6 billion roubles; Bastrykin gave 2,300 victims and 19 people in custody reading the case file.
    “The damage from the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall comes to almost 6 billion roubles, the Investigative Committee said.”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  4. 23 Jun 2025, 17:10 Moscow timeCharge. Investigative Committee of Russia: The Investigative Committee completed its investigation of 19 accused and sent the case to the prosecutor; by its figures 149 died, one is missing and 609 were injured; the investigation of two organisers and four members continues.
    “149 people died in the terrorist act, one is missing, and 609 people suffered wounds and injuries of varying severity. The total damage from the attack came to about 6 billion roubles.”
    Следственный комитет России, archive copy
  5. 23 Jun 2025, 17:10 Moscow timeStatement. Investigative Committee of Russia: The Investigative Committee stated that, according to the investigation, the attack was planned and carried out "in the interests of Ukraine's current leadership".
    “The investigation has established that this inhuman crime was planned and committed in the interests of Ukraine's current leadership in order to destabilise the political situation in our country.”
    Следственный комитет России, archive copy
  6. 1 Jul 2025, 14:39 Moscow timeCharge. Prosecutor General's Office of Russia: The Prosecutor General's Office approved the indictment of 19 accused and sent the case to the 2nd Western District Military Court; by its figures 147 died, 336 suffered bodily injuries, three are missing and the damage is 5.7 billion roubles.
    “As a result of these actions, 147 people died and 336 suffered bodily injuries. The damage caused came to 5.7 billion roubles. In addition, three people are missing.”
    Генеральная прокуратура России, archive copy
  7. 4 Aug 2025, 13:03 Moscow timeCriminal case. 2nd Western District Military Court: The military court began hearing the case of the 19 accused (sitting in the Moscow City Court building) and, at the prosecution's request, closed the trial to the public; 27 victims were admitted as civil claimants.
    “The Second Western District Military Court will hear the case of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall near Moscow behind closed doors, at the prosecution's request, Interfax's correspondent reported.”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  8. 10 Dec 2025, 15:00 Moscow timeReport. Russian Red Cross: The Russian Red Cross said it had paid out more than 1.5 billion roubles from donations; more than 600 families receive support; a commission including federal and regional authorities manages the money.
    “To date more than 600 families are receiving long-term support, and the total of the measures taken has come to more than 1.5 billion roubles”
    РИА Новости, archive copy

2026

  1. 16 Feb 2026, 17:26 Moscow timeCriminal case. Prosecutor General's Office (the prosecution): The prosecution asked for life imprisonment for 15 defendants, including the four accused of the attack.
    “The prosecution asked for life imprisonment for 15 defendants, including the four who directly carried out the terrorist attack”
    Интерфакс, archive copy
  2. 12 Mar 2026, 11:31 Moscow timeVerdict. 2nd Western District Military Court: The court convicted all 19 defendants: 15 to life imprisonment, one to 22 years 6 months, three to 19 years 11 months, with fines of 500,000 to 2.7 million roubles; per the verdict 147 people died, three are missing and 336 suffered bodily injuries.
    “As a result, 147 people died, three people are missing, 336 suffered bodily injuries, and at least 1,971 people were put in danger of death. The damage caused came to 5.7 billion roubles.”
    Генеральная прокуратура России, archive copy
  3. 12 Mar 2026Verdict. 2nd Western District Military Court (as worded by the Prosecutor General's Office): According to the Prosecutor General's Office, the court found that two wanted citizens of Tajikistan and unidentified persons, "acting in the interests of Ukraine's top political leadership", organised three cells of the "Vilayat Khorasan" group, part of "Islamic State", in Russia.
    “The court established that two wanted citizens of Tajikistan and unidentified persons, acting in the interests of Ukraine's top political leadership, organised in the Russian Federation the activities of three cells of the "Vilayat Khorasan" group, which is part of the international terrorist organisation "Islamic State".”
    Генеральная прокуратура России, archive copy
  4. 17 Mar 2026, 05:30 Moscow timeAppeal. Defence lawyers for the convicts (as reported by RIA Novosti): Lawyers for several of the convicts appealed; the victims' representatives said they would seek life terms for all.
    “Lawyers for several of the defendants in the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack case have appealed against the court's verdict, one of the participants in the trial told RIA Novosti.”
    РИА Новости, archive copy
  5. 6 Apr 2026, 16:33 Moscow timeReport. Federal Penitentiary Service, Moscow directorate: The Moscow prison service said one of the men sentenced to life had been found dead in his cell in SIZO-1; a check is under way.
    “On 6 April 2026, a man sentenced to life imprisonment was found dead in a cell at SIZO-1, having committed suicide”
    Интерфакс, archive copy

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