A number of senior Russian intelligence service officials have been fired after failing to prevent a deadly bomb attack on Moscow's busiest airport last month, a Kremlin spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
The January 24 suicide attack on the international arrivals zone of Domodedovo International Airport killed 36 people and injured dozens more.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said security checks at the airport were "in a state of anarchy" and instructed the Interior Ministry and Federal Security Service (FSB) to propose the dismissals of anti-terrorism and transport officials if negligence was proved.
"Such decisions have been made," Kremlin spokeswoman Natalya Timakova told reporters.
A FSB source confirmed there had been a shake-up, but said that anti-terrorism department chiefs "continue working in their posts."
A regional transport chief, a Moscow police deputy head and several others were sacked last month.
MOSCOW, February 8 (RIA Novosti)
