Russian Terror Follow recent terrorist incidents and acts of separatist violence in Russia and its breakaway region of Chechnya.

Dec. 27, 2002 A suicide truck-bomb attack destroys the headquarters of Chechnya's Moscow-backed government, killing 72 people.

April 3, 2003 A passenger bus hits a remote-controlled land mine in the Chechen capital, killing at least 8.

May 12, 2003 A suicide truck-bomb attack kills at least 60 people at a government compound in northern Chechnya.

May 14, 2003 A woman blows up explosives strapped to her waist in a crowd of thousands of Muslim pilgrims, killing at least 18 people in an apparent attempt on the life of Chechnya's Moscow-backed chief administrator, Akhmad Kadyrov. Kadyrov is now the region's president.

June 5, 2003 A female suicide attacker detonates a bomb near a bus carrying soldiers and civilians to a military airfield in Mozdok, a major staging point for Russian troops in Chechnya. At least 16 people are killed.

July 5, 2003 A double suicide bombing at a Moscow rock concert kills the female attackers and 15 other people.

July 10, 2003 A Russian security agent dies in Moscow while trying to defuse a bomb a woman had tried to carry into a cafe on central Moscow's main street.

Aug. 1, 2003 A suicide bomber rams a truck filled with explosives into a military hospital near Chechnya, killing 50 people, including Russian troops wounded in Chechnya.

Sept. 16, 2003 Two suicide bombers drive a truck laden with explosives into a government security services building near Chechnya, killing three people and injuring 25.

Dec. 5, 2003 A suicide bombing on a commuter train in southern Russia kills 44 people. President Vladimir Putin condemns the attack as a bid to destabilize the country two days before parliamentary elections.

Dec. 9, 2003 A female suicide bomber blows herself up outside Moscow's National Hotel, across from the Kremlin and Red Square, killing five bystanders.

Feb. 6, 2004 An explosion rips through a subway car in the Moscow metro during rush hour, killing 41 people. Authorities suspect a terrorist attack.

May 9, 2004 A bomb rips through a stadium in the Chechen capital, Grozny, during a Victory Day ceremony, killing provincial President Akhmad Kadyrov, the Kremlin's point man for efforts to control separatist violence. As many as 24 people are killed. A Chechen warlord claims responsibility.

Aug. 24, 2004 Two airliners crash within minutes of each other after taking off from the same airport, killing a total of 90 people. Officials say explosive traces were found in the wreckage and President Vladimir Putin calls the crashes terrorist acts.

Aug. 31, 2004 A car blows up outside a Moscow subway stop, killing at least 10 people. Federal Security Services blame a female suicide bomber, according to news reports.

Sept. 1, 2004 About two dozen attackers seize an elementary school in the Russian region of North Ossetia, taking up to 1,500 hostages, mostly women and children. Two days later, commandos storm the school as hostages flee amid explosions and gunfire. The death toll: 330, including 176 children.

Credits: CBS News, Associated Press