Russia has vowed to hunt down the terrorists responsible for the suicide bombing of a train that killed 42 people near Chechnya.

A suicide attacker rammed a truck packed with explosives through the gates of a Russian military hospital near Chechnya, destroying the building and killing at least 27 people, authorities said. One official put the death toll at 35.

At least 30 people have now been confirmed killed today in a suicide truck bombing at a government compound in northern Chechnya - and some estimates say 50 people may have been killed.

Chechen rebels shot down a Russian transport helicopter last week causing the country’s biggest military air disaster, investigators claimed today.

Emergency crews pulled a seventh body from the ruins of an apartment block in northern Moscow today.

AT LEAST 80 Russian servicemen were killed when a giant helicopter crashed into a minefield in Chechnya yesterday, Russian news agencies said.

At least 80 Russian servicemen were killed when the world’s biggest helicopter crashed into a minefield in Chechnya today, Russian news agencies reported.