Putin vows to tighten security after bloody hostage crisis
353133
BESLAN, Russia : President Vladimir Putin vowed to toughen national security and pledged to defend Russian unity after a bloody hostage crisis killed at least 330 people.
346714
BESLAN, Russia - President Vladimir Putin promised on Saturday a tough response to what he called an "all-out war" by terrorists against Russia, as the body count from the school hostage-taking rose to more than 340 dead and some relatives still searched for their loved ones amid the confusion.    A grim-faced Putin addressed the nation on television after a pre-dawn visit to the scene of the hostage-taking in Beslan...
688816
Russian president Vladimir Putin says his parliament will launch an inquiry into a school siege that ended in the deaths of more than 300 hostages.
651327
MOSCOW - Responding to a series of deadly terror attacks, President Vladimir Putin on Monday moved to significantly strengthen the Kremlin's grip on power, with new measures that include the naming of regional governors and an overhaul of the electoral system.    Putin told Cabinet members and security officials convened in special session that the future of Russia was at stake and urged the creation of a central, powerful anti-terror agency...
411207
MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that Russia is &quot;seriously preparing&quot; for pre-emptive strikes against terrorists, as a Chechen warlord claimed responsibility for attacks that have claimed more than 430 lives.
457689
Russian President Vladimir Putin is defending his government&#39;s efforts to strengthen and centralize control in the wake of several recent terrorist attacks.
560504
President Vladimir Putin has vowed an &quot;all-out war&quot; against terrorism as the death toll from the Russian school siege looks set to rise above 500.
312573
President Vladimir Putin told Russia's state security service on Wednesday to raise its guard against outside attempts to meddle in a March election which is expected to bring to power his hand-picked successor.
60035
Russia's parliament will launch an inquiry into a school siege that killed over 300 hostages, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, but analysts doubt it will satisfy those who blame the carnage on security services.
58410
President Vladimir Putin agreed Friday to a parliamentary investigation of the bloody school hostage siege in southern Russia, less than a week after he reportedly dismissed the idea by saying it might turn into "a political show."
74575
Russia will revamp its security forces and seek international cooperation to hunt militants in the wake of a school siege which killed more than 300 people nine days ago, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Sunday.
336662
BESLAN, Russia  - Russian President Vladimir Putin  on Saturday demanded a drastic shakeup of security forces'  tactics against terror after the seizure of a school by Chechen  militants ended in chaos and bloodshed.
86629
Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the town where commandos stormed a school in which militants were holding hundreds hostage in a chaotic battle that left at least 95 people dead.
182467
MOSCOW - Responding to a spate of deadly terror attacks, President Vladimir Putin announced a series of anti-terror initiatives Monday that would strengthen the Kremlin's grip on every layer of Russian political life.    Putin told Cabinet members and security officials convened in special session that the future of Russia was at stake, and called for creation of a powerful anti-terror agency...
590752
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will take full control of nominating leaders for Russia&#39;s regions to help combat terrorism after a bloody school siege in which more than 320 people were killed.
596456
BESLAN, Russia  - Russia on Monday mourned the  deaths of hundreds of children and adults in its worst hostage  drama as criticism mounted over the way President Vladimir  Putin and his security forces handled the crisis.
572146
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised a tougher response to terrorism Saturday, saying in a surprising admission of weakness that the Soviet Union's collapse had left the country unable to react to attacks. "Weak people are beaten," he warned.