Images showing the suspects’ violent treatment in custody were shared widely across Russian social media over the weekend after at least 137 people were killed in the concert attack.
The incident came as Russia launched a wave of punishing missile and drone strikes on Ukraine, and after it attacked power facilities throughout the country last week.
The U.S. ally is running dangerously low on ammunition in its war with Russia. Speaker Mike Johnson said this week's priority was averting a shutdown and Ukraine will be next.
Spokesman Dmitry Peskov's comments quickly drew attention at home and abroad Friday as an apparent departure from Russian authorities' insistence on calling the full-scale invasion of Ukraine a “special military operation.”
The photos were widely received as the latest round in French President Emmanuel Macron's drive to toughen up the region’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Russian athletes who pass vetting to compete in Paris also will not take part in the opening ceremony parade of boats on the River Seine, the IOC decided this week.
The attacks caused a fire at the Dnipro Hydroelectric Station, which supplies electricity to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe’s largest nuclear power installation.
Residents were woken by loud explosions as the missiles arrived from different directions at roughly the same time, said the head of the Kyiv City Administration.
Having extended his rule over Russia, President Vladimir Putin signaled his focus would be tightening his grip on Ukrainian territory as he led an event to mark the 10th anniversary of the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula.