Whatever one may think about lighting public buildings in the colors of foreign flags to show solidarity after tragedies, it has nonetheless become a custom, and the absence of Russia’s red, white, and blue following April 3 terrorist bombing did not go unnoticed. In the process, one more opportunity to counter a dangerous narrative was lost.
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Mark Galeotti: Terror in Russia and the West – a need for compassion
Women hold flowers and lit candles as they take part in a gathering in memory of victims of the blast in the Saint Petersburg metro in Simferopol, Crimea, on April 3.
