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...killed 23 people and injured more than 150 was caused by a 450-pound bomb, opening another round of speculation as to the identity of the perpetrators. Although a caller to the Interfax news agency claimed the attack was a "response to the bombing of villages in Chechnya and Dagestan," that?s unlikely to close the betting on the identity of the perpetrators...
Coming hard on the heels of last weekend?s car-bomb attack that killed scores of people in an apartment block used by Russian military personnel in Dagestan ? and the renewed offensive by Islamic separatists there ? the temptation to link the latest Moscow blast to the turbulence in the Caucasus is strong. But the blast also follows last week?s attack on a games arcade in a shopping mall near the Kremlin, which sparked speculation that a gangland turf battle was involved, or, conversely, that the attack was part of a pattern of provocation by unnamed forces in the corridors...
IGOR SERGEYEV Russian Defense Minister routs Dagestan rebs. Keep your AK-47 warm. More revolts coming...
Better news for Yeltsin came from his generals, who claimed Wednesday to have routed Islamic separatist rebels in the restive republic of Dagestan. But even though Russian forces have recaptured the villages held by the insurgents, their victory was anything but total. "The rebels had left the villages before the Russians actually recaptured them," says Meier. "In fact, Russian forces spent two days shelling empty villages. The rebels retreated in the face of superior firepower, but they haven?t gone far; this is not over." Indeed, as Russian forces pursuing the retreating rebels bombed villages in neighboring Chechnya Thursday, Moscow...
...that fear were on display last week, as police tightened security around government buildings, airports and railway stations. Patrols clad in bulletproof vests showed up in the Moscow subway, and armor rolled through Moscow's streets for the first time since the end of the Chechen war in 1996. Dagestan's war--being fought more than 1,000 miles away from Moscow--was finally coming home...