Speaking in St. Petersburg in May, Alexander Bastrykin, head of Russia’s Investigative Committee, said “20,000 ‘young’ citizens of Russia, who for some reason do not like living in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan (and) Kyrgyzstan” were serving in Ukraine.
Immigrants from Central Asia finding hostility and violence in Russia
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Investigative Committee, Russia's top criminal investigation agency, said in June that it concluded that the attack had been “planned and carried out in the interests of the current leadership of Ukraine in order to destabilize political situation in our country.” It also noted the four suspected gunmen tried to flee to Ukraine afterward.
Trial underway for suspects in 2024 Moscow concert hall attack that killed 149 people
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![[u"FILE - In this file photo taken on Monday Nov. 22, 2004, Boris Nemtsov, a leader of the Russian Union of liberal party, right, listens to Petro Poroshenko, while Yulia Tymoshenko, left, looks on during a street protest in downtown Kiev Ukraine. Russia's Interior Ministry says Boris Nemtsov, a leading opposition figure and former deputy prime minister, has been shot and killed near the Kremlin. Nemtsov, a sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, was killed early Saturday. His death comes just a day before a major opposition rally in Moscow. (AP Photo/Efrem lukatsky)", u'FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2004 file photo, Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic Russian opposition leader and sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Petro Poroshenko while Yulia Tymoshenko, left, looks on during a street protest in downtown Kiev Ukraine. Nemtsov was gunned down Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 near the Kremlin, just a day before a planned protest against the government. (AP Photo/Efrem lukatsky)']](https://twt-thumbs.washtimes.com/media/image/2015/02/28/Russia_Opposition_Leader_Killed.JPEG-03ed4_c0-196-2000-1361_s652x380.jpg?c0d0908814e7c6f64b51054d127fc378ecdb3938)
