Terrorists will not be allowed to destabilize...

"The terrorists" goal is to destabilize the situation in the country, destroy civil society and spark fear and panic among the population," Medvedev said. "We will not allow this."

"As for the criminals, all of them will be found and eliminated," he said.

On Wednesday, twin blasts killed as many as 12 people and injured 29 in the town of Kizlyar in Russia"s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, while at least 39 people were killed on Monday in two attacks on the Moscow metro.

Both Medvedev and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday a single terrorist group may be behind the bombings in Moscow and Dagestan.

The premier ordered that the relatives of those killed and injured in the Kizlyar blasts receive the same financial aid as relatives of victims of the Moscow bombings.

Putin also ordered Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev to strengthen police units in the North Caucasus. Nurgaliyev vowed to increase security in areas of strategic

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