One of the Crocus City Hall terrorists said he was paid to carry out the massacre, Pravda, the Russian media website, reported.
The assailant, who was not named, reportedly said that he carried out the attack for one million rubles (£8,500), half of which was transferred to his account before the attack took place.
The men were supposedly also provided with weapons and were trained for a month beforehand.
“They delivered the weapons themselves, they were texting me on Telegram, there were no names, nothing,” the man reportedly said in his testimony. “He promised about a million rubles, he said we had to kill people, ‘no matter whom’, they dropped the location for the attack.”
The report comes amid a widespread campaign of disinformation surrounding the origins and objectives of the terrorists, with Kremlin figures, including Vladimir Putin, attempting to cast blame on Ukraine.
