Russia has fought two wars against Chechen separatism since the nineteen nineties. As many as one hundred thousand people were killed in the violence. This has caused a reaction among so-called Black Widows. These are women who lost husbands, fathers, sons or brothers to violence and who have become suicide bombers.
The Moscow Times newspaper reports that women were involved in about sixty percent of the nearly forty rebel attacks since two thousand one.
The attacks have killed nine hundred people. Black widows are also suspected in Monday’s bombings in Moscow.
Many experts question whether the Russian government can carry out its threat to destroy the terrorists. Independent Russian military expert Alexander Golts says the situation suggests that security in the North Caucasus cannot be tightened further. He says the only solution is the establishment of real institutions of government throughout Russia. He says this means establishing the rule of law, rejecting the idea of a police state and supporting the separation of power.
Following the Moscow bombings, some international security experts say this kind of violence cannot be permanently stopped. But they say governments can do more to prevent mass killings. Cities in the United States and Europe have increased security in and around their mass transportation systems.
And that’s IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English, written by Brianna Blake with reporting by Peter Fedynsky. I’m Steve Ember.
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