President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly arrived in Volgograd to hold a meeting on the fight against terrorism, reports Interfax. Putin declared: «Whatever could have motivated these criminals' actions, there is no justification for crimes against civilians, especially women and children.» He drew attention to the fact that «Russian security forces in carrying out operations do everything to ensure the safety of civilians, especially that of women and children… While here — it is the opposite,» said the president.

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RUSLAN GEREYEV: ISLAM ATTRACTS RUSSIAN YOUTH BECAUSE THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH CANNOT COPE

The sounds of explosions have already been heard in Volgograd this year. In October, a female suicide bomber named Naida Asiyalova blew herself up on a public bus, killing seven. Another bomb went off near a highway patrol station. Those guilty of blowing up the bus have been named, but in order to understand why Volgograd has once again become a target for terrorists, it is worth knowing about the investigation and who these people were.

Until this fall, it had been a long time since Volgograd had reports of incidents related to terrorist attacks. The last time was in 2004, shortly before Beslan, when a female suicide bomber blew up an airplane in route to Volgograd from Moscow.

Just this last October 21st (2013) bus number 29 in Krasnoarmeysky region was driving along at full speed when an explosive device went off. Literally within a few hours, law enforcement agencies mentioned the name of suicide bomber: Naida Asiyalova, a native of Dagestan. The federal broadcast channel first showed her undamaged passport (photo), dressed in a hijab. The next day, however, the document was presented showing a different photo, which was singed by fire. At the time there was information that Asiyalova was literally torn to pieces, and a bit later — that the organizer of the terrorist attack was her husband, Dmitry Sokolov, a young Muscovite who had converted to Islam and gone with Asiyalova in Dagestan, where her relatives lost track of him. This story bears the marks of the Russian security services as we have come to know them over the past ten years.

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Фотография: Сергей Карпов/Reuters

Suicide bombers committed recent terrorist attacks in Volgograd. There were three attacks over the past three months — killing 37 and injuring 143. It is with a high degree of probability that we can state that the last two terrorist attacks were connected.

On Monday the second terrorist attack in two days was made on Volgograd — the third in the last three months. Citizens are in a panic. Immediately after Monday's bus explosion, false information about a terrorist attack on a tram and on bus routes appeared on social networks. In addition, the Volga emergency center received several false calls about threats. City authorities urge people not to panic, but celebrations involving children for December 31 in the city are cancelled, and Volgograd Region Governor Sergei Bazhenov declared five days of mourning in the region, from December 30 to January 3rd.

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New terrorist attack in Volgograd: 15 killed in blast at railway station

Emergency Situation message was received on Sunday, December 29th (2013). At 12:45 pm a blast occurred inside the train station building in Volgograd. The explosion took place while someone was passing through a turnstile at the entrance. The blast was so strong that all windows on the first and second floor were completely smashed.

Inside the train station at the time was a huge number of people – Volgograd residents traveling on New Year's Eve — some as guests, others heading home. There were additional crowds because several trains were delayed.

According to recent reports, 15 people were killed and 27 injured. All emergency services are working on-site, and there are dozens of ambulances. No children are among the dead, but a 9-year-old girl is severely injured. Police officer Dmitry Makovkin was killed. They are saying that he stepped toward the suicide bomber when she tried to run inside.

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