That's my boy Vlad! Kill them all, you have my blessing.
Russia’s Putin promises to annihilate terrorists after deadly bombings
Published December 31, 2013/
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Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday promised to annihilate all "terrorists" in response to two deadly bombings less than 24 hours apart in the southern Russian city of Volgograd.
"We will confidently, fiercely and consistently continue to fight against terrorists until their complete annihilation," Putin said in the video, Reuters reported. He went on assure safety in the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Russian leaders typically make short, prerecorded messages to be broadcast as the year begins in each of the country's nine time zones.
The address broadcast in Russia's Far East was typical, showing Putin at the Kremlin and calling for Russians to work together, according to Russian news websites. But an hour later, Putin came out with a different speech mentioning this week's suicide bombings in Volgograd that killed 34 people and vowing to destroy terrorists, reports said.
The attacks occurred on Sunday and Monday and police believe the two attacks are connected.
The Interior Ministry ordered police to beef up patrols at railway stations and other transport facilities across Russia. Putin on Monday summoned the chief of the main KGB successor agency and the interior minister to discuss the situation, and sent the former to Volgograd to oversee the probe.
Suicide bombings have rocked Russia for years, but most have been in the North Caucasus region. However, Volgograd has now been struck three times in two months -- suggesting militants may be using the transportation hub as a renewed way of showing their reach outside their restive region.
No group has claimed responsibility for either explosion, which occurred several months after Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov called for new attacks against civilian targets in Russia, including the Sochi Games.
Volgograd, a city of 1 million people formerly known as Stalingrad during the Soviet era, is located approximately 425 miles northeast of the Black Sea resort town of Sochi, the site of next February's winter Olympics. Both cities are located near the unstable North Caucasus region, where Islamic insurgents have waged a campaign of violence against rule from Moscow for the better part of two decades.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
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