Following yesterdays suspected suicide bomb attack on Moscow’s busiest airport, President Dmitry Medvedev has said he will make sure that the perpetrators face justice. The detonation killed 35, including one Brit, and injured more than 100 others. It is widely assumed that the bombing was organised by militants from Russia’s North Caucasus.

In March last year, an attack by a pair of female suicide bombers on Moscow’s underground system left 40 people dead and more than 80 with injuries. The bombers came from the Dagestan region and targeted the metro during rush-hour.

According to experts, militants coming from these volatile areas of the country are trying to show that the prime minister and president cannot provide the security they are telling the Russian people they can in a violent attempt to undermine their authority.

According to witnesses, the bombing of the arrivals hall at Domodedovo airport was by a bomber carrying a brief case full of explosives. The man allegedly announced his threat to kill everyone shortly before blowing himself up. Emergency workers were said to be trying to get the injured and the dead out of the terminal on luggage trolleys.

Mr Medvedev announced that a thorough investigation into security measures would be undertaken. He also ordered more security at Moscow’s transport hubs including its other airports. Sorting out the problems in the North Caucasus region, which is rife with corruption and poverty, would also be a way the authorities could make sure that travellers in the Russian capital are kept a little safer.