Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday evening visited the scene of a deadly suicide bombing in the Moscow subway and laid flowers at the site.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, on Monday evening visited the scene of a deadly suicide bombing in the Moscow subway. He was accompanied by Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov.
Medvedev laid a wreath at the spot where the doors of the second carriage opened and the bomber detonated her explosives, killing at least 24 people.
The president reiterated that those behind the terrorist attacks would be tracked down and eliminated.
"These are simply beasts, and regardless of their motives, what they did is a crime by any legal or moral standard," Medvedev told reporters on hand for the occasion.
"I have not doubts whatsoever that we will find them and eliminate all of them," he said.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin cut short a trip to Siberia and visited one of the Moscow hospitals where some of the injured are undergoing treatment.
"I am certain our law enforcement agencies will do everything to find and punish these criminals. The terrorists will be eliminated," Putin said.
Putin also signed an order to allocate compensation of 318,000 rubles ($10,729) to each family of those who died in the blasts, a compensation of 100,000 rubles ($3,374) to each family of those who were severely injured and 50,000 rubles ($1,687) to each family of an injured member.
On Monday evening many Muscovites came at the scene of the explosions to commemorate the victims.
They brought flowers, candles and icons.
