“The Russian Foreign Ministry is receiving phone calls with condolences from ordinary citizens from all around the globe following the horrible tragedy at the Krokus City Hall venue in Moscow. They are expressing the strongest condemnation of this bloody terrorist attack, transpiring right before the eyes of the entire world,” Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said. 

“As the Russian authorities have already stated, all efforts at the current moment are devoted to saving the people [still at the site of the attack],” she added.