Explosions in the metro of St. Petersburg resemble the bombings of houses in Russia on the eve of the presidential elections of 2000, and may pursue a similar goal.

This opinion was expressed to the "Observer" by the Russian journalist and TV presenter Evgeny Kiselev.

"It's hard for me to talk about this, but I do not exclude any provocations. I learned about this just now, and the first thing that occurred to me was whether the story of the apartment bombings in Moscow, Buinaksk, Volgodonsk in 1999, when these explosions as a result served as an excuse for the start of the second Chechen war. It was certainly a pre-election war, on the crest of which Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin drove into the Kremlin and got into the presidency, "he recalled..

"I just share with you the thought. It's just a thought that came into my head.. I do not have any versions yet, because I have as little information as you, "Kiselev stressed..

At the same time, he added: "The current Russian government is capable of any, most terrible things. The power that unleashes a hybrid war that taps off pieces of territory from neighboring countries that tramples on international law that is implicated in various scandalous stories such as the recent attempted coup in Montenegro that lies to its citizens and to citizens of other countries who are insolently using the right Veto in the UN in situations where even the Soviet Union would hesitate and simply abstain. This power is capable of anything, any provocation ".

The journalist also noted that "people who are in power in Russia who serve this power," "it is very important to cast a shadow on the Russian opposition" - "to say that the enemies of the president and fatherland who are rocking the boat and who want to undermine the so-called Putin's Stability, ready for any, most terrible things ".

"Now very much depends on what position the leaders of the Russian opposition will take, how resolutely they will be separated from all possible accusations, from what political position they will take in this situation," Kiselev.

At the same time he stated:

"The problem of the Russian opposition is that it does not have access to the media, it is powerless in the face of Putin's justice, which is not really justice, but its imitation".

"I think that the events of the nearest are not even days, but hours will clear us a lot," he concluded..

As the "Observer" wrote, on April 3 in St. Petersburg an explosion exploded in the subway train. According to preliminary data, 10 people died.

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