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French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced the decision in a post on X, saying authorities were "taking into account the Islamic State's claim of responsibility for the (Moscow) attack and the threats weighing on our country."
The deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow was conducted by Islamist militants, but the shooting fits in a wider campaign of intimidation by Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday. Putin said the investigation underway into the mass shooting had to be conducted "professionally, objectively and without political bias" to determine who was behind the attack. "The question that arises is who benefits from this?" Putin told a Kremlin meeting to discuss a response to the shooting.
The Kremlin said on Monday that no country was immune to terrorism when asked if there had been a major failure by security services in preventing Friday's deadly attack on a concert hall, the worst attack inside Russia for two decades. President Vladimir Putin said in an address to the nation on Saturday that all those responsible would be punished. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday it was inappropriate to comment on a claim of responsibility for the attack by Islamic State while the investigation was live.
Vice President Kamala Harris rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim that Ukraine was involved in Friday's deadly attack in Moscow. ABC News Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott asked Harris in an interview on Saturday if the U.S. had evidence to back Putin's accusation. TOMORROW ON @ThisWeekABC: Vice President Kamala Harris rejects Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim that Ukraine was involved in Friday’s deadly attack in Moscow in interview with @rachelvscott.
Russia's opposition has slammed Vladimir Putin's broken security promise in the wake of the Moscow concert hall attack, saying the country's intelligence agencies were too focused on hunting Kremlin critics instead of actual threats.- 'Impotence' - In the wake of the attack on Crocus City Hall, Putin's critics said his campaign to transform Russia's security services into agencies designed to spy and harass them had left Russia vulnerable to real attacks.