RUSSIA said yesterday the West’s failure to heed its warnings on terror suspects may have led to last week’s Istanbul airport attack.

“Over the past many years, the Russian side has informed our Turkish and European colleagues that persons suspected of being linked to terrorism find shelter both in Turkey and in a number of other European countries,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

“In most cases such signals from the Russian side have not been given proper attention or any reaction by our colleagues.”