Russia will not hold any talks with terrorists, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday in the wake of a deadly terrorist attack in Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport.
"It is necessary to fight mercilessly with terrorism and extremism," Putin said. "All civilized societies unite against threats and rebukes bandits and extremists. I am sure the same will be in Russia."
Putin said attempts to hold peaceful talks with terrorists in early 90s led to the first and the second Chechen Wars.
However, he said the Russian government had never dismissed talks with the political figures, who strive for settlement.
Monday's blast at the airport arrivals zone Moscow's biggest airport claimed the lives of 35 people and left over a hundred injured. No group has yet taken responsibility for the attack, which comes less than 12 months after two female suicide bombers from the volatile North Caucasus struck the Moscow metro, killing dozens.
The premier said that preliminary information showed the Domodedovo blast was not linked to Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya.
MOSCOW, January 26 (RIA Novosti)
