Putin Urges Increased Security Across Russia After Blasts
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Russian President Vladimir Putin called for increased security across the world’s largest country after a pair of suicide bombings killed more than 30 people as the nation prepares to host the Sochi Winter Olympics.
Authorities have detained more than 700 people as officers, including teams with search dogs, investigate the attacks on Dec. 29 and 30 in the southern city of Volgograd, according to a statement today on the regional police department’s website. More than 2,500 homes have been searched as part of the investigation, it said.