Finding the organizers of the terrorist...

Two deadly suicide bombings hit the Moscow metro on Monday, killing at least 39 people and injuring more than 70. The blasts ripped through the rush-hour Lubyanka and Park Kultury stations with an interval of about 40 minutes.

"We know that they are lying low. But it is a matter of honor for the security services to drag them out from the bottom of the sewers into the light of God" Putin said. "I am convinced that this will happen."

This is not the first time that Putin has used sewage analogies in response to terrorists. In 1999, during his first term as prime minister under then president Boris Yeltsin, he famously threatened to "wipe them out in their outhouse."

The phrase did much to establish Putin"s "tough guy" image, on which much of his popularity is based.

On Tuesday, Putin also praised the work of the rescue services at the site of the explosions.

"I want to thank the fire, rescue and medical services, and anyone who helped people, for

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