Putin spokesman says warnings from U.S. about Moscow terrorist attack fall outside Kremlin’s purview

Asked on Wednesday whether the U.S. warned Russia that the Crocus City Hall concert venue was a potential target for a planned terrorist attack, Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the issue falls outside of the Kremlin’s purview.

“This is not under our jurisdiction, because these kinds of exchanges of information go through special services channels, with information passed directly between agencies,” Peskov told journalists.

On Tuesday, The Washington Post, citing unnamed U.S. officials, reported that the U.S. government told Russian officials that Crocus City Hall might be targeted by terrorists more than two weeks before the March 22 attack.