The death penalty cannot be applied to the Crocus attackers

Consequences of terrorist attacks

In 2004, after the terrorist attack in Beslan, direct elections of governors were abolished (returned in most regions in 2012). The head of state explained the reform by the need to strengthen the vertical of power in order to combat terrorism. For eight years, regional heads were appointed by legislative assemblies on the proposal of the president. Also in 2004, the president received the right to remove governors from office due to loss of confidence. After the terrorist attack at Moscow Domodedovo airport on January 24, 2011, then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev fired the head of the transport department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Central Federal District, Andrei Alekseev. Rashid Nurgaliev, who then held the post of Minister of Internal Affairs, fired the head of the Department of Internal Affairs at Domodedovo and his two deputies. In addition, at that time, the Minister of Transport, Igor Levitin, dismissed four officials, and also brought up the issue of dismissing the head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Transport, Gennady Kurzenkov. The latter resigned of his own free will. After the terrorist attack at Domodedovo, metal detectors were installed at the entrance to airports and train stations, and passengers began to undergo mandatory screening.