From Russia with…..terror and violent retribution
Many mourn the victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Russia.
After a relatively peaceful period in relation to its restive southern Muslim provinces, Russia absorbed several terrorist blows this week, the most gruesome coming in the form of twin suicide bombings in the Moscow subway system that killed 39 people. A Chechen rebel group claimed responsibility for the Moscow bombings and another double suicide bombing in Dagestan that killed an additional 12 people, saying that the attacks were retribution for the killing of civilians by Russian troops operating in these predominantly Muslim areas. In the past the Russian government under Vladimir Putin has reacted with a hard, violent line, and both Prime Minister Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev are making similar promises of a “harsher” response this time around. But is there a taste among the Russian public for a more reasoned, diplomatic approach to working with Muslim elements inside Russia?
Guest:
David Greene, NPR correspondent in Moscow
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