Russian President Vladimir Putin Vows To Destroy Terrorists After Volgograd Suicide Bombings

[Purveyor]

By: Reuters Published on Tue Dec 31 2013

VOLGOGRAD, RUSSIA—Eerily empty buses lumbered through the streets, police weighed down with body armour warily watched pedestrians near a fast-food restaurant, and members of Cossack units stood guard at bus stops. Volgograd was an ominous and jittery city on Tuesday, after two suicide bombings in two days that killed 34 people.

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Police reinforcements and Interior Ministry troops have been sent into Volgograd, regional police official Andrei Pilipchuk was quoted as telling the Interfax news agency. He said more than 5,200 security forces are deployed in the city of 1 million, but did not say how much of an increase that was from normal levels.

Officers and security guards carefully searched the purses of young women entering a shopping centre and waved metal detectors over both males and females.

The Cossacks guarding some bus stops added an unsettling note. Although these units are officially authorized volunteer patrols, they are descendants of the fierce horsemen who protected the czars and launched raids on Muslims in the Russian Caucasus, where the Islamist insurgency is now centred.

Volgograd authorities have cancelled mass events for New Year’s Eve, one of Russia’s most popular holidays, and asked residents not to set off fireworks. In addition, all movie theatres have been closed until Thursday. In Moscow, festivities were to go ahead, but authorities said security would be increased.

President Vladimir Putin, in his New Year’s Eve address to the nation, vowed that the fight against terrorists will continue “until their destruction is complete,” Russian news agencies reported.

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http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/12/31/russian_police_round_up_dozens_after_volgograd_suicide_bombings.html

[riderinthestorm]

1. Damn. I figured this would happen but sad nonetheless. K&R for exposure nt

[jessie04]

2. "Complete destruction" ??

Good luck with that.

[Purveyor]

3. Vlad is starting to sound a bit like Hillary. Who was it she was going to annihilate, Iran? eom

[dipsydoodle]

4. Russia Putin Signs Law Punishing Separatism with Jail

MOSCOW, December 29 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law would make spreading separatist views a criminal offence punishable by up to five years in jail.

Under the law submitted to the Russian State Duma by the Communist Party, people will face a fine of up to 300,000 rubles ($9,200) for calling for action aimed against Russia’s territorial integrity.

http://en.ria.ru/russia/20131229/186063866/Putin-Signs-Law-Punishing-Separatism-with-Jail.html