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importance and crowded public places in Dagestan.Russia"s mainly Muslim North Caucasus republics, especially Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia, have seen an upsurge of militant violence lately. Experts see the poor social and economic situation in the region as the main reason of growing insurgency.
Medvedev pledged on Wednesday to continue efforts to improve the situation.
"All social and economic programs in the North Caucasus should be continued irrespective of anything else," he said during a meeting of the Russian Security Council in his Gorki residence outside Moscow.
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Medvedev had signed a decree ordering the government to strengthen security on transportation.
The document provides that special security equipment should be set up on the "most vulnerable" transport infrastructure by March 31, 2011, while an advanced security system should be introduced in the Moscow metro by January 1, 2014.