The powerful mayor spoke as Russia mourned the dead from Monday”s attack. Passengers with eyes full of tears placed candles and carnations at the stations attacked.
Explosions caused astonishment in a country that had become accustomed to violence was reduced to a troubled corner of the south, and marked the return of terrorism to the everyday life of Moscow after six years.
While influential politicians demanded the reimposition of the death penalty, attacks raised fears of further cuts of civil liberties under the pretext of combating terrorism, a frequent charge against Putin during the eight years of his presidency.
“I understand what they will do the authorities. take over the pursuit opposition, the more censorship, political espionage. The riot police disbanded the rallies and protests by the opposition. But this does not save us from terrorism, “prominent opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in an editorial in the journal Internet Grani.ru .
Putin came to power in 1999 promising to crush the rebels in the Caucasus and consolidated their control after the school hostage crisis in Beslan in 2004 to abolish the election of governors regional.
In a televised address on Tuesday, Putin expressed his certainty that they will find the brains of two attacks by women.
“We know they are hiding in their lairs, but pride is at stake in the security agencies, to drag them from the sewers in the light of day.”
Many speculate that the explosions, attributed to Muslim extremists from the Caucasus region that includes Chechnya, were retaliation for the death of separatist leaders at the hands of the Russian police. No one has claimed responsibility.
The city was seized with nervousness on Tuesday, although people back to ride the subway.
“I feel the tension on the tube. No one smiles or laughs, “said student Alina Tsaritova station not far from the Lubyanka, where he produced one of the explosions.
The suicide bombers detonated explosive belts during the morning rush hour at stations, the researchers said.
Five of the 71 people hospitalized were in critical condition, health officials said Andrei Seltsovsky news channel Rossiya-24. Emergency officials said it remained to identify five bodies.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was communicated by telephone with his Russian cocf1unterpart Dmitry Medvedev to express regret over the terrorist attacks, and he ratified “all the moral and political support from Venezuela to Russia in combating terrorism, “said the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry on Tuesday in a statement.
Both leaders took the opportunity to talk about the upcoming visit of the April 2 Putin to Venezuela to advance cooperation mechanisms in the fields of energy, industry, agriculture and defense, which kept both countries.
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The Press writer, Fabiola Sanchez contributed to this report from Caracas.
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