After Yesterday's Bombing At Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport, All Eyes Are Looking At The Caucasus

In Link To Caucasus, Russia Faces Old Problem -- New York Times

MOSCOW — A day after an airport suicide bombing that investigators suspect was organized by Islamic militants, Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin on Tuesday vowed retribution. President Dmitri A. Medvedev lashed out at low-ranking subordinates at the airport for failing to stop the attack. A number of initiatives were announced to prevent future terrorist acts.

Even so, the government seemed to be facing a bleak calculus.

None of its strategies for stamping out the long-running insurgency in southern Russia — neither the harsh measures favored by some in the security services nor the social programs and infrastructure projects supported by many policy experts — have yielded much success.

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More News On Russia And The Islamic Militancy In The Caucasus

'Black widow' carrying bag triggered Moscow blast? -- Times of India
Moscow airport bombing: A signal for Russia to change -- Christian Science Monitor
Likelihood of stamping out terrorism in North Caucasus is dwindling -- Toronto Star
Roots of terrorism in Russia — an expert weighs in -- CBC
Russia Must Develop an Alternative to Islamism in the Caucasus -- Spiegel Online

A Brief News Summary Of Violence In the Caucasus Last Week

Insurgency-Related Violence Reported Across the North Caucasus -- Georgian Daily
11 Killed in Caucasus -- Moscow Times
Official: explosion kills 4, wounds 5 in Russia's violence-plagued Dagestan province -- Canadian press/AP
Police uncover arms cache in Dagestan -- RIA Novosti
Car bombing kills 4 in Dagestan -- UPI

My Comment: Islamic militancy in the Caucasus is nothing new to Russia. They have been fighting there since the start of the Soviet Union (and before the Soviet Union), and at an intensify far worse than what it is today.

Having said that, I expect nothing to change after the bombing in Moscow .... but I do expect a review will be conducted on how to handle the growing militancy in the North Caucasus. My prediction .... they are going to crack down hard.