Russian police neutralized over 500 militants in 2009 | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Russian security forces prevented over 80 terrorist attacks and neutralized more than 500 militants in 2009 in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
Medvedev underlined that ‘criminal attacks in Ingushetia, Dagestan and Chechnya show that terrorism is the main threat for society.’
The president said security forces would ‘continue systematic work to neutralize criminal groups, their leaders and people who carry out terrorist attacks.’ Medvedev added that terrorism had to be fought by the authorities and society together.”