Three men from Ingushetia have been jailed for life for their roles in the 2011 bombing of a Moscow airport that killed 37 people, a Russian news agency has reported.

Russian agents have foiled terror attack plans on the Black Sea resort of Sochi, host of the 2014 Winter Games, and seized a large amount of weapons and ammunition, authorities say.

Security forces have uncovered a plot to assassinate Russia’s Vladimir Putin and have arrested suspects linked to a Chechen rebel leader known for other terror attacks, Russian state television reported yesterday.

Russian and Ukrainian special services have arrested a group of suspects over an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Russia’s state television reported today.

RUSSIAN authorities have foiled a plot by militants who were building fertiliser bombs in a suburban apartment and planning to attack a bullet train between Moscow and St Petersburg, a newspaper reported.

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RUSSIAN authorities have named a man suspected over last month’s suicide bomb attack on Moscow’s airport, and arrested his teenage brother and sister.

Russian authorities have named a man suspected over last month’s suicide bomb attack on Moscow’s airport, and arrested his teenage brother and sister.

A WEBSITE affiliated with Chechen rebels has released a video in which insurgent leader Doku Umarov claims responsibility for last month’s deadly suicide bombing at Russia’s largest airport and threatens more bloodshed if Russia does not leave the region.

A website affiliated with Chechen rebels has released a video in which insurgent leader Doku Umarov claims responsibility for last month's deadly suicide bombing at Russia's largest airport and threatens more bloodshed if Russia does not leave the region.

Police in southern Russia said security forces today killed the man suspected of organising the Moscow underground bombings in March that killed 40 people and wounded more than 100.

RUSSIA has identified a 17-year-old widow of a Caucasus militant as one of the Moscow suicide bombers, while the country remained on high alert after the attacks.

PRESIDENT Dmitry Medvedev made a surprise visit yesterday to the violence-wracked southern province of Dagestan, telling police and security forces to use tougher, “more cruel” measures to fight the “scum” responsible for terrorist attacks.

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev made a surprise visit today to the violence-wracked southern province of Dagestan, telling police and security forces to use tougher, “more cruel” measures to fight the “scum” responsible for terrorist attacks.

A Chechen militant leader claimed responsibility today for twin suicide bombings on Moscow’s subway which killed 39 people and injured scores of others.

Flags flew at half-mast on government buildings and at the Kremlin as a day of national mourning for the victims of the Moscow tube blasts began.

Two women suicide bombers killed at least 38 people and wounded dozens more in rush-hour attacks on Moscow’s subway today.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is vowing to "destroy those responsible" for the Moscow metro suicide attacks.

The Department of Foreign Affairs is contacting Irish citizens in Moscow, warning them of the danger of further attacks, in the wake of two suicide bombings in the Russian capital.

AN explosion has torn through a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm, killing at least 100 people, media reports say.

A statement on a website sympathetic to Chechen rebels says the militants have claimed responsibility for last week’s Russian train bombing that killed at least 26 people and injured scores of others.

A suicide bomber attacked a Russian police station today killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 100 others.

The younger brother of Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov has turned himself in, a government spokesman said today, denying an earlier claim that Umarov himself had surrendered.

Russian security forces killed two women in a security operation in Chechnya and said the two had planned a suicide bombing, a top military official told a news agency today.

A truck carrying more than a ton of explosives was found near the Chechen capital, Grozny, a spokesman for the Federal Security Service said today, announcing that a major terrorist attack had been averted in the run-up to next week’s Victory in Europe holiday.

Russian and Chechen regional forces battled fighters holed up in an apartment building in the Chechen capital of Grozny today, killing at least five fighters and leaving at least two federal troops dead, officials said.

Rebel raids and landmine explosions killed at least 10 Russian soldiers and police in Chechnya, an official with the Kremlin-backed civilian administration said today.