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he said, pointing to the November bombing of a luxury high-speed train bound from Moscow to St. Petersburg. The attack, which left 27 passengers dead, was the first major terrorist incident beyond Russia"s North Caucasus since 2004.

In early March, the Federal Security Service said a notorious gang leader in Russia"s North Caucasus, Alexander Tikhomirov or Said Buryatsky, who had been linked to the derailment of the Nevsky Express, was killed in a police sweep in the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia. Five other militants involved in the attack were also reportedly killed.

On Tuesday, Russian media quoted sources close to the investigation as saying female suicide bombers who blew themselves up in the Moscow subway could have been prepared for the attacks by Buryatsky"s gang. Leading Russian business daily Kommersant said the killed gang leader was personally involved in preparing some 30 suicide bombers, nine of which had already carried out suicide

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