Chechen rebel leader claims responsibility for Moscow subway attacks
BEIJING, April 1 (Xinhuanet) — Doku Umarov, a Chechen rebel leader, claimed responsibility on Wednesday for the twin suicide bombings on the Moscow subway and threatened more attacks in the Russian heartland, according to the Reuters reports Thursday. In a video on Islamist rebel website, Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov who calls himself the “Emir [...]
Putin changes working schedule, returns to Moscow
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has changed his working schedule and will return to Moscow after two deadly blasts in the Russian capital’s subway, Putin’s spokesman said Monday. “The scheduled conference on the development of professional education has been postponed until a later time,” Dmitry Peskov said. Two blasts in Moscow’s subway at the Lubyanka [...]
Lax codes cited in Russia blaze that killed 107
PERM, Russia – President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday demanded that Russia tighten its notoriously lax fire codes after the deadliest blaze since the Soviet era killed at least 107 people celebrating in a nightclub with a decorative twig ceiling and single exit. About 130 people were injured, dozens critically, when onstage fireworks set the ceiling [...]
