Russia has suffered a spate of terror attacks in recent years. Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed rebel fighters from the breakaway republic of Chechnya, where war has raged between separatist forces and Russian troops for 10 years, for the violence... 2004 August 31: Car blows up outside a Moscow subway stop, killing at least 10 people. Federal Security Services blame a female suicide bomber, according to news reports. August 24: Two airliners crash within minutes of each other after taking off from the same airport, killing a total of 90 people. Officials say explosive traces were found in the wreckage. May 9: Bomb rips through a stadium in the Chechen capital, Grozny, during a Victory Day ceremony, killing provincial President Akhmad Kadyrov. 24 people killed. February 6: Explosion rips through a subway car in the Moscow metro during rush hour, killing 41 people. Authorities suspect a terrorist attack. 2003 December 5: Suicide bombing on commuter train in southern Russia kills 44 people. Putin condemns attack as bid to destabilise the country two days before parliamentary elections. September 16: Two suicide bombers drive a truck laden with explosives into a government security services building near Chechnya, killing three people and injuring 25. August 1: Suicide bomber rams truck filled with explosives into a military hospital near Chechnya, killing 50 people, including Russian troops wounded in Chechnya. July 5: Double suicide bombing at a Moscow rock concert kills the female attackers and 15 other people. June 5: Female suicide attacker detonates bomb near a bus carrying soldiers and civilians to a military airfield in Mozdok, a major staging point for Russian troops in Chechnya, killing at least 16 people. May 14: Woman blows up explosives strapped to her waist in crowd of thousands of Muslim pilgrims, killing at least 18 people in an apparent attempt on the life of Chechnya's Moscow-backed chief administrator, Akhmad Kadyrov, now the region's president. May 12: Suicide truck-bomb attack kills at least 60 people at a government compound in northern Chechnya. 2002 December 27: Suicide truck-bomb attack destroys headquarters of Chechnya's Moscow-backed government, killing 72 people. | 
