Black Widows' Return Boosts Terrorism in Russia
Published in The Daily Telegraph, Rossiyskaya Gazeta comments on the two suicide bombings on the Moscow metro last month, which killed 40 and injured dozens more. The publication comments that the bombings were a brutal reminder of how things used to be in a city that has seen hundreds killed as a result of suicide attacks.
The women bombers were from Dagestan, the neighbouring republic to Chechnya that has seen almost daily shootings and violence in the last year. Experts say that corruption, high unemployment and growing Islamic radicalism, combined with repression of law enforcement agencies are creating a breeding ground for more women to become bombers, the "black widows".
Pavel Bayev, a Caucasus expert, said that an influx of money and a crackdown by the authorities may have some effect on the wave of terror, but only in the short term. He said: "More brutality against terrorism essentially means more grievances."