Russian Putin Names Terrorist Attacks As Most Difficult Moments Of His Presidency

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RT: ‘I will never forget it’: Putin names terrorist attacks as most difficult moments of his presidency

Russian leader Vladimir Putin said the deadly terrorist attacks in Beslan and Moscow which occurred during the early years of his presidency were the hardest moments for him to bear as the head of state.

During Thursday’s Q&A session in Moscow, reporters asked Putin what events affected him the most during his years in power. The president said that the “most difficult” moments for him personally were the two major terrorist attacks in Moscow and the city of Beslan in the North Ossetia region in southern Russia in the early 2000s.

“I will never forget it,” Putin said.

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WNU Editor: My blood still boils when I think of the Dubrovka Theater Center siege in Moscow in 2002, and the Beslan school massacre in 2004.