i've. all right breaking news this hour here on ati at least thirty one people have been killed by a terrorist explosion at moscow's busiest airport that is so much yet about around one hundred and thirty others have been hurt by the blast in the luggage collection area of the international arrivals hall police say one or several suicide bombers could be deployed now let's cross i think at the latest on this from r.t. to really go to scott who has new details on this developing story here arena hello to you can you please bring us up to date on the latest. oh that's right larry hello to you as well as still at this point we do know that at this point in the investigation especially to get a committee is already calling this officially it terrorist attack on the one of most closed is the airports. right now we do know that the blasts occurred around

four thirty two in the afternoon like you said thirty one people at this point have been confirmed to be dead as of. the hundred thirty are injured twenty of them are in critical condition. of course child at this point the security measures at the airport have been stepped up of course people are being evacuated from the airport all the work all everybody who is employed at the airport has been told they can go all of course you can only imagine of the the the chaos and the conduct that is taking place at this busiest hub of the air how about fashion capital all we have to course keep in mind that the security measures have been stepped up there they have also been increased in the rest of most of the airports there are three other airports and of course we also know that the planes which are supposed to be landing domodedovo are being rerouted to these there are other airports of course the security measures have been stepped up not just at the airports but all around the russian capital in the aftermath of these blasts and like i said earlier this

is being looked at this is has this has been confirmed as a terrorist attack at this point there how. since some preliminary reports of course they're still speculation nothing is exactly certain at the moment but there has been a preliminary report saying that this was a suicide blast yet also reports saying that the three piece three men are being fired three minute are being looked for in connection with the blast we don't know about their identities or where they are or why they are under suspicion or whether they know something about this explosion or about the origins of six six floors and i'm also we have to keep in mind is this like i said this is the busiest airport in moscow so i will at this point the weakness of their whole also have been reports that killed blasts have occurred that's according to some eyewitnesses however it does not been confirmed by moscow or by via a police chief yet so we do not know the details the all the details out of the

blast but we can't say at this point that this is a terrorist attack as occurred just earlier today or thirty two in the afternoon in the arrivals hall of don't don't get a airport at least one of those lost eyes taken place there for a number into the main investigative committee is saying if this is a terror attack the latest information from the police is saying that it was at least one and possibly several suicide bombers behind the blast all bloss at the international luggage collection area at russia's abuses that would not have deal with the enemy i'm in reno with so many planes in down and out bound for deal with the enemy there must be hundreds if not thousands of people who are scared confused waiting for loved ones or hoping to see loved ones and my parents in believing in evacuation has taken place and what what is the situation demanded of him right now well you're absolutely correct we are talking about thousands of people we're not talking about just the passengers we have to remember that at this airport there

the employees of the airlines are present it's all of the airlines the people who actually keep the airport running so all of these people are. or are have to be evacuated from the airport thousands of people we also have to keep in mind the hundreds of people that which are still in the air where they're upholding the but they were hoping to arrive at the top of the other airport maybe some of them do not even know what has happened but of course they are being rerouted to different airports and of course the both schools least now how i have an extremely enormous amount of work cut out for them they have to to make sure it's a route to basically come out to plough through the airport with a fine tooth comb and other to make sure that there is no other bombs like you said i mean people have been saying there's some of this is have been say there have been several bottles killed last week beside course that is not been confirmed yet but if that is the situation of course the police have to make sure that there are no more bombs or possibilities for explosions at the at this stage at the major terminal style this is the situation that we're looking at right now people have

been reporting smoke from the terminal earlier today so we do not know whether it up there has been a fire and whether that has been put out yet we're still waiting for some of the details to arrive to us and of course you have to remember that there are thousands of people who have been coming and going to the airport so the security authorities will have to make sure they get basically evacuate everybody safely and in. far less orderly matter from the airport of course whether or not that will be successful or entirely successful considering that people usually have a tendency to break out into panic in these events we have yet to see that that of course that people of course a very worried about their loved ones about people who work at the airport but people who are leaving or about people who are arriving of like we said earlier thirty one have been confirmed dead more than a hundred injured twenty at least twenty are in critical condition at this moment and of course they are being taken to moscow's hospitals. do not know the details

of their route yet. appreciate you giving us the latest details on this but oversleep. early days yet in this investigation as the finger of blame already started pointing i was speaking to a security analyst just a bit earlier who immediately brought up the moscow metro bombings we had last march when these early points in the investigation went through the magnifying glass to go to the area the region or the group could be behind such an attack well every i was there as you're saying of course that at that point i think there is immediately going straight down south straight down south toward stories in caucasus where talk about reaches such as to change a city and dug a star which out unfortunately been known over the past several years as the police who are the first of five heighten the. character of it so fortunately that is where it's a lot of international terrorists who do operate. in russia that is that operationally

where they're all focused so it's at this point of course there have been no precise stigmas there have been no official statements saying that the origin that we should look for the origin of this terror attack there but of course i probably would be safe to speculate that this again has been one of those are instances where the. terrorists the suspected terrorist or whatever they are has probably originated from somewhere in the northern caucasus like i said just a guess on the english said yes. all right aussies are in english but they're reporting on this latest on the blast that russia is the biggest or that of damage yet of and security analysts are calling this an act of terrorism with thirty one killed at this point and one hundred thirty injured i'm now joined in the studio by a pair all expert and an unlisted with dmitri about which are promoted you know misty and of course all these people of al the host of crosstalk thank you both for joining me here i'll start with you dimitri your first initial thoughts on this blast at the airport where. the news of the blog has been produced by

a suicide bomb. who made pretty traditional what was because that. obviously you need the investigation to. call them because usually there is one list fanatics have this way or committing terrorist acts basically there are lots of ways in last called the economy around us terrorist act without sacrificing your life or a steal or ward off or will cough see in this security system of the city so all be asleep if that was a suicide bomb but the whole idea was to show that not only we can kill a lot of people above but also have people cooperate of sacred fire their wife now there's a lot it's only happened about an hour and a half ago and already people around the world are reading about this are people we spoke to a security analyst earlier who was a media bring up the march bombings of last year you only want to know it's a fundraiser this is what this is it's a fundraiser these people are not going to win it with they're doing they have to

show their fund providers that they can still pull these not dimitri's absolutely one of the polls out there still expression in these public places airports brand new airport too but it's a fundraiser the showing that they can still do it we can pull it off it looks like was more than one person with thirty one people dead triple the number injured it's big it's big it's a big message to we can still pull this off we can still get out of the rain or or the russian security i mean he sits down with a challenge for the size of this peter in the metropole means we have thirty nine fatalities now we've got thirty one but a hundred and thirty is in jordan one person or was one hell of a big this is no more operation dimitry well i think that basically the metro all saw the terrorist act was planned to be probably one of the biggest kayo that actually happened because they're just the metro car was not as food can be at the moment it was a rush hour but obviously the aim in both cases was to kill as many people as

possible and the strategy i mean it's use this because. this strategy walked in spain in two thousand and four by. course this being out they go and you'll go and . get them in russia there is very there are very few weeks in which an average person can enforce the government's policy or. your way when you talk about the government's policy i'm getting a new wire. here that is holding an urgent meeting with the prosecutor general the investigative committee chief when it comes to our calculation peter please stay here dmitri please don't go anywhere we managed to get in touch with an eyewitness of the blasts let's have a listen to see what he said. i meant the departure zone of the demise of our airports right now they've just announced that the airport is working normally all the flights are department on time i'm not sure about the international arrivals the airport staff don't know where they will be diverted to and i came here about

half an hour ago i was waiting at passport control i hear that there was a blast at their arrival syria there was already a lot of smoke at the very claim area there were a lot of people crowded there because the escalators stopped the staff organized emergency exit but the door was very narrow and people crowded they mediately so the staff started breaking the walls to let the people old soon after the airport stopped receiving the rovin flights everyone left the passport control area and started leaving the baggage claim area and those who hadn't received their luggage stayed. all right and before we continue our discussion with dmitri babich from what are you most people who live to our reporter sara for. a second busiest international airport. right now sara what's the situation where you want any sign of increased security what can you tell us. now operating under a possible terror regime we spare you continue security starts here they've already increased the security level all the personnel are on high alert all the luggage is

being checked and stuff monitoring very closely the c.c.t.v. cameras any suspicious behavior that we've also heard that has said that they're ready to take all the flights from down the data we know that a number have already been diverted now people traveling to and from the airport ever only just starting to hear the news about this attack so there's not a huge level of panic at the moment security stop very best to quell any fears that people have. they need to extremely anxious as we said top priority for security if not to make sure they're doing everything possible to ensure the safety of the people. or announcer as we know there's been a mandatory evacuation order russia's biggest and busiest airport investigations continue there of course the blast or blast only happened about an hour and a half or so ago the latest numbers are thirty one killed one hundred thirty injured so you should remember is picking up a lot of us when it comes to the extra flights so there must be hundreds of them in

. all around central moscow now trying to get their wheels on the ground. is it handling the pressure ok it must be working at maximum capacity. well absolutely the security starts really doing their very best to ensure that things weren't as possible as we said a number of the flights have already been diverted they said that they are going to be ready to take all day flight so that at the moment the air traffic control be working with these planes that are already in the air to try and get them diverted to. put another way some of the flights will be diverted but as he said all this stuff working extremely hard to make sure that they are doing everything in this procedure to ensure that everything everyone is safe and running it's me this possible so there must be a lot of scared and confused passengers or potential passengers a new arrivals. have you had a chance to gauge gauge the the attitude there in the environment how are people feeling. we have as we said people have only just started to hear this news it

wasn't that long ago that the attack happened. wanting to know exactly what's happening if that flight is still running if they're safe as you said the security level here at the airport has been increased and everything's being monitored extremely closely people at the moment just anxious to find out exactly what's going on there's not a huge level of panic but as people find out they're going to go in this reassurance from the execute to stop on the ground that they're safe and that there's no danger there may be a security saying that they're just doing everything within their power as you said operating under this possible terror regime increased security everywhere here to ensure that the passengers are safe and that they're informed as well situation progresses and so as we know russian president to make sure that if it is already by meeting with transportation officials and emergency officials about what has happened now the main airport here in the russian capital of the busiest airport in

all of russia sara thank you very much for the update there. are now let's get back to us through a conversation here with dmitri babich from what you know. peter i know that you're itching to get in here you were you were speaking off the air about some sort of afghanistan going to look at the timing this is really early hours into this crisis one observation looking about i witnessed it didn't people getting back to doing their daily lives you know unfortunately we do have these kind of attacks people who are not intimidated by them life will go on as tragic as this event is today number. two russian afghanistan warmed up relations in the last few days don't discount that is somebody sending a signal because you know they've been very good at getting rid of the the coalition of the willing america's willing partners in afghanistan russia has made him a little baby step there to work on the drugs trade but you know it's you know that could be a doctor we could be connecting my point is this is outside funding these are people outside funding these people training people in many cases or training people to train other people and outside and it's extremely well documented western

media doesn't like to do that angle because it makes russia look like it can't deal with the north caucuses and all that as all the problems down there who would want to have to deal with the kind of a social breakdown that we've had in many cases we need investment there's unemployment there's actually discrimination poor governance i would say in many ways but there is an initiative and has been initiative to deal with that issue but still we have this why did they come to the working capital want to send a message to keep the training going and keep the money coming in from the outside and this is something that russia is very well aware of and i agree with demons he started out here there's still a lot of loopholes here if you look around you know they still have a lot of work to do to stay calm about this kind of activity some loopholes perhaps but certainly security when you when you see it at the metro the airport security is always a far as i'm concerned very impressive but you draw you draw the focus down to the north caucuses here dimitri is peter do you think it's corrected enjoy pointing the finger of blame at that area well if as i said the news that the terrorist act was

committed by a suicide bomb confirmed that and obviously. track will be the first or the number one track or investigation and of course that meeting president medvedev with his aides all because they a lot of wards will be said about elect security welcome that this person and at the airport because. as i say here even one person here at least one it could be at least one suicide bomber but as we know the russian president is. meeting with transport and emergency officials now what is the next plan for security do you think here in the russian capital well. to talk about the future. not qualified to say what they can do about the security and say the seat or b. is the there will be a lot of scold you know officials. people basically get into the airport with explosives because theoretically they're supposed to be checked at their legs but what i wanted to say is there you cannot concentrate all you all the technicalities

. even if you have a brilliant security the fact that. there are people who are ready to get killed in order to heal people this is a very alarming message to me if i can just jump in for a moment here we we wanted to get in touch with an eyewitness of the blasts let's let's have a listen to these comments right now here on our. own a cafe at domodedovo airport one of my colleagues was taken to hospital she's in intensive care because it happened in the arrivals area that's the left wing of the airport the explosion must have been very strong because our cafe is about one hundred meters from the arrivals area and when we heard the blast plaster started falling from the ceiling. of that certainly sounds like a significant blast at least one what we don't know i mean i agree with you i'm impressed with what we've seen in security changes in the city over the past music especially after the march of last year. in to be agreement with me here i mean

it's an oddity it's an irony it's a pathetic irony is that it's terrorists that have to tell us where we're weak in security ok i mean because of course you know after this event all rival calls for airports will be really tightened up ok where is the next place they're going to tell us where is not just the fear work peter do it doesn't work it doesn't work at all it is not not here not in russia and not in the in moscow i've lived in this country for twelve years do you need of obviously i've been with my tenure here we've been through quite a few of them. it doesn't strike fear into people it does get people sometimes upset with the authorities that is what part of this activity is all about but i mean there's just so much you can do and they want this place to be turned into a police state it's certainly not it's very lax in security in many ways compared to the united states ok we were there is a learning curve here they are learning we are making progress and we go back to a year ago i was at the site an hour after the bombing just not the metrodome the corner pocket through and i was supremely impressed with the rescue of three so he

was we a lot of us saw that we weren't going to go to work right all right but as we as we said last year on the on the march major bombings that we had said that the terrorist behind it may have brought moscow's public transportation to a standstill but they have not brought russia's capital city down to a standstill and dimitri the fear factor here is the impact as powerful as whoever is behind these attacks hope that the effect will be well we haven't seen the effect of yet because we just have seen that. gettler consult but in general yes since it's such a huge seat you just cannot bring it to a standstill even by a major terrorist act. but i would get you on what peter has said before you know outside financing if. terrorists struck towards north caucasus is confirmed i think the worst in the audience should step let the states or the european union we're not going to see the russia part or the west what for us one

is terrorist russia is a part of you i mean you've got to move out as soon as we know how to use your terrorism it's not just a domestic issue it's a global issue and i would like to add that it's like the weakest link in this chain of the west and it's dangerous and difficult to straight to strike at israel israel's security it's very difficult to strike the united states it's a bit easier to straight in europe but europe gets very easily but in russia because it's such. it's basically a new state and it's a poor city of all the really sort of very very porous they're all sort of community just here so it's just easier to strike a treasure but the problem with russia for these people the terrorist is that russia is not so easily intimidated for example speed in spain the terrorist immediately had a positive effect on the action in russia because of its political system because

the main reasons they can strike again if it came there is no result and if we have a north caucasus connection here too we have a very huge immigrant communities from central asia i mean we have people mixed in here very easily in very strong communities right here it's very good coverage here because they're not they're not wiretapping the technology isn't really there they're not now he's dropping i mean of course you can find individuals and groups and in clans that could be very dangerous but there are so again it is not a tight here security wise as so many people would think it would be good russia is all about russia's very loose on very many things and and its easy place to blend in and to organize these types of terrorist attacks. basically again the worst may not understand that for terrorists russia is a part of the west but russia will also play in a very important role right now if it had not been for russia migration from

central asia and from the caucasus which are basically economic disasters would have been migration to europe and the united states and to other parts of the world would have been a lot bigger so russia despite the collapse of the soviet union is still doing the ward. or to do them a good century it's steel civilizing these areas it's going to look let's let's bring us up to date now with the latest facts and figures on this at least one blast one boss to the luggage area collection area in russia's domain port we know the thirty one it killed. a hundred and thirty injured investigative committee saying this is a terrorist attack and police are saying at least one maybe more than one suicide bombers involved we know the president is meeting with his transport officials who is a merge and see if they're putting together a plan of action of course although this happened barely two hours ago the investigation has already begun russian president dmitri medvedev has ordered extra security to be put in place in all of moscow's airports and railway stations now

here is what he had to say in response to this attack. really. to this as you know there was an explosion. these three people were killed and injured in the in that blast sions gals know they have just told her healthcare minister. and emergency minister he's know whom . we need to do all we can which is looking to make sure that the victims get immediate medical help which we can. certainly many ambulances are heading for domodedovo. and i would like to express my condolences to relatives of the victims is the news that was talked about the legal enforcement has been used but the incident has to buddhism first of

all when in turn for a special regime in all airports. and on all major and transport hubs of moscow. mr smith so mr levitan you and you see that this new ship to the minister of home affairs you know that i would like his take responsibility of the relevant measures. that wasn't. in accordance with the legislation you should ensure security measures on the transport and make sure that all she's relevant measures are taken. so in the past for the investigation we need to establish you know a list occasional committee to perform a soon as possible on investigative actions on society which you know you. have ordered. most of. the moscow mayor and the governor.

of the moscow district to come there they're currently heading for the airport and we need to make nice to do everything we can to make sure all investigation investigative actions are carried out no information is obtained from any from the . so that the investigation is carried out to mitigate the posts and from the point of view of insurance security in the airports and in other transport hubs when it comes. to watching the situation to monitor the situation most closely you know such a certain appearance we have. a whole number of patients. legislation access. to the national good to. see you. and lewis see that many laws that should be acting now are not acting the way they

should then we need to sort these things out the conditions that. we need to make sure that those who suffer to get the required support. it's. because of the. russian president dmitri medvedev there addressing the media and emergency officials as well in response to the attack of roughly two hours ago what russia's adama jet of an airport in the international luggage collection area at least one at least one suicide bomber detonating his vest and killing at least thirty one people one hundred thirty injured if i can turn to these people avail here the host of crosstalk the russian president was mentioning that special security regimes must now be implemented at all of the three. he said an immediate investigation must get underway the moscow the moscow district governor they are

both on route to the airport but he did make a mention that some laws of security are not acting out the way they should and they should be reassessed you're view on the one i absolutely agree with i think in a broader sense in seeing the the russian president come out so early and reassure the community moscow russia in general that the authorities are doing something and this is something that's very different over the years where the authorities are reacting very very quickly putting a public face on it showing sympathy empathy for what mean their name the events but a few years ago they didn't do that ok they're very quiet very secretive about didn't want to talk about it because you know oh my god it happened again well it's going to happen is a demon pointed out if someone wants to commit suicide and kill other people along the way it's going to happen and there's nothing you can do about it ok but the authorities are saying we do everything we possibly can to avoid it and i think that's what's very important the message is there that the authorities are going to do everything that they possibly can to avoid these kind of attacks again. there's

going to be cracks all these people are going to slip through them but they're going to do the very best they can and i think we can't ask them to do any more than that so it is going to be a comforting a comforting fact example with the russian president coming out what less than two hours since the blast to come out and put the hearts and minds of the public. at rest now we have got a lot of scared and frightened people at the airport who have now been evacuated from there the security teams are there but we know that should matter is is working at maximum capacity now to accommodate those extra airplanes that are probably in a holding circle pattern above much of moscow as we speak right now dimitri babich from o.t. and you saw the russian president addressing the media addressing the public or your thoughts well it's a russian tradition that the president said in the situation that in two thousand and four two thousand and two when we terrible. against the theater. the prime minister was that mystic us ya know wanted to get rid of all. the rumors .