U.S. embassy in Moscow urges Americans to avoid crowds, cites "threats of attacks" in major urban ar

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Axios
Sun, February 20, 2022, 12:22 PM·1 min read

The U.S. embassy in Moscow on Sunday issued a security warning regarding possible threats to Americans in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Driving the news: "According to media sources, there have been threats of attacks against shopping centers, railway and metro stations, and other public gathering places in major urban areas, including Moscow and St. Petersburg as well as in areas of heightened tension along the Russian border with Ukraine," according to the alert.

The embassy notice encouraged Americans to "avoid crowds," "review your personal security plans," "carry proper identification, including a U.S. passport with a current Russian visa" and "have evacuation plans that do not rely on U.S. government assistance," among other suggestions.

State of play: Following a tense weekend of back-and-forth and conflicting-narratives about whether Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine, President Biden convened a meeting of the National Security Council on Sunday and will speak with French President Emmanuel Macron later in the day.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-embassy-moscow-urges-americans-202202105.html

[Ghost Dog]

1. Disappointing that the Embassy doesn't say who intends to attack

"shopping centers, railway and metro stations, and other public gathering places in major urban areas, including Moscow and St. Petersburg as well as in areas of heightened tension along the Russian border with Ukraine," nor from what "media sources" the Embassy has obtained such information.

Edit:

... Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova asked whether the embassy notified Russian authorities of this alleged threat, and if not, “how is this to be understood?”

Neither local, nor international news agencies or major outlets have published any reports warning of potential attacks in Moscow or St. Petersburg so far...

https://www.rt.com/russia/550061-us-embassy-russia-evacuation-attacks/

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. Russia Today?

I'd be skeptical of anything put out by them.

Might as well post Fox News or Newsmax.

[Ghost Dog]

3. You suspect that Ms. Zakharova did not say what is reported here?

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One's grasp of this state of affairs would be severely limited, I would suggest, were one not to listen to and analyse, critically, as M. Macron for example appears to be doing, what all parties have to say.

Edit: The Guardian also quotes Ms. Zakharova:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/20/us-embassy-russia-americans-evacuation-plan-ukraine-attacks

... But without mentioning the mysterious unidentified alleged "media sources" on which the Embassy claims to have based its warning.