The Lifenews TV channel aired a photograph of Oksana Aslanova’s namesake, who was called the alleged perpetrator of the terrorist attack in Volgograd. The girl, pointed out by the channel and noticed by users, declared her non-involvement in the tragedy. Shortly after the explosion at the Volgograd train station, the Lifenews TV channel aired footage showing the severed head of a suspected suicide bomber.

On the night of December 28-29, numerous messages began to appear on social networks about the inoperability of VKontakte through the operators MTS, STREAM and MGTS. Messages about problems with access to the social network appeared until one o'clock in the afternoon Moscow time. Dumb MTS tried to block #VKontakte — Zvezda Karaoke (18+) (@zvezdakaraoke) December 29, 2013 New Year's gift from MTS: a day off without #VKontakte .

The terrorist attacks caused a flurry of criticism of the authorities on social networks. At 12:45 Moscow time, an explosion occurred at the railway station in Volgograd. The incident was classified as a terrorist attack - according to preliminary data, the bomb was detonated by a suicide bomber, and the death toll reached 17 people. The next morning, another terrorist attack occurred in the city - this time a trolleybus was blown up: 12 dead.