Putin admitted that there's little prospect of locking down Moscow's sprawling transportation system, which is used by upwards of 10 million people daily, including thousands of market vendors who routinely lug large packages on and off metro trains. But he called for increased use of surveillance equipment, such as security cameras, as has become common practice in London and other European capitals. But no one is sure what options may be available to crush the insurgency that is spreading in the mainly-Muslim North Caucasus and now, once again, appears to threaten Russia's main population centers with random violence.
People mourn the victims of a bomb explosion at Lubyanka metro station in Moscow March 31, 2010. The Moscow metro attack fuelled fears of a broader offensive by rebels based in the North Caucasus. It underscored the Kremlin's failure to keep militants in check and contain violence to the region along Russia's southern fringe.
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