Russia &#39;helpless&#39; against terror
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RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has ordered a security overhaul after the bloody end to the school hostage crisis but experts are sceptical that authorities can prevent more deadly terror acts by Chechen separatists.
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MOSCOW -- Last week's attack on a Russian school has driven new wedges between Russia and the West in the fight against terrorism, as Moscow continues to accuse the United States and European countries of coddling Chechen separatists.
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Terrorism in Russia took on horrifying proportions in August and early September when more than 400 people were killed in four separate incidents in a span of less than two weeks.
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President Vladimir Putin has announced new measures to strenghten the governments power in tackling the fight against terrorism. In a cabinet meeting today, Putin blamed Russian authorities for being inefficient
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A quick succession of terror attacks has shattered the image of strength assiduously cultivated by President Vladimir Putin, leaving the Kremlin grasping for a response to what has widely been dubbed "Russia's Sept. 11."
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Russia&#39;s security service chief says that more than 80 suicide attackers have been trained abroad to attack the country, which he says has no adequate system of dealing with terrorism.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is defending his government&#39;s efforts to strengthen and centralize control in the wake of several recent terrorist attacks.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently said the double standards in dealing with terrorism are &quot;disastrous for global security &quot; and &quot;the indulgent and
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As Russia began two days of national mourning for the victims of a school siege in North Ossetia, criticism mounted over the government&#39;s handling of the wave of terrorism that
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BESLAN, Russia - A shaken President Vladimir Putin made a rare and candid admission of Russian weakness Saturday in the face of an "all-out war" by terrorists after more than 350 people - nearly half of them children - were killed in a hostage-taking at a southern school.    Putin went on national television to tell Russians they must mobilize against terrorism...
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For Russians, the Kremlin&#39;s initial response to last Tuesday&#39;s nearly simultaneous plane crashes seemed all too familiar: another example of President Vladimir Putin&#39;s state of denial over the unflattering reality of the war in Chechnya.
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VLADIMIR Putin, the Russian president, was accused yesterday of exploiting the fight against terrorism to strengthen his already iron grip on power.
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MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is preparing for pre-emptive strikes against terrorists, as Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for a school hostage-taking and other terror attacks in Russia that have claimed more than 430 lives.    Speaking to a meeting of world mayors in Moscow on Friday, Putin also made a veiled attack on the West, saying that double standards in dealing with terrorism are "disastrous for global security."   Putin didn't name specific countries, but his comments appeared to be aimed against European and U.S...
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MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said Friday the Kremlin was preparing to take preventive action against terrorists, even as a Chechen rebel leader purportedly claimed responsibility for a series of attacks that killed hundreds of people and threatened more violence.    Putin's comments were the highest-level warning yet that Russia could take pre-emptive action against terror groups after the Sept...
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Russians massed in their hundreds of  thousands on Tuesday to denounce terrorism, as President  Vladimir Putin rejected talks with Chechen separatists, blamed  for at least 335 deaths in last week's school hostage siege.
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Russia has armed planes with long-range missiles which could be used against terrorists, local media say.
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Russia announced the creation of a new leadership structure for security services in the north Caucasus to combat terror in the region in the wake of the Beslan school hostage crisis, as tensions continued with United States over its stance towards Chechen rebels.