The armored train was an important weapon in the Russian Revolution and the ensuing civil war. Now, it looks as if the Russian government may bring a few out of retirement to fight insurgents in the restless north Caucasus . While the war in Chechnya may be officially over, attacks on the railway system in neighboring Dagestan have become a major problem. Andrew McGregor of Eurasia Daily Monitor documents over half a dozen recent attacks by militants, who have targeted railways and other key infrastructure. And last year, terrorists struck the Nevsky Express , a luxury train on the Moscow-St. Petersburg line. A recent article in Russia’s Nezavisimoye voennoye obozrenie (Russian only, sorry) quotes Lt. Gen. Sergei Klimets , commander of Russia’s railway forces, as saying that the special trains were on standby in Russia’s Stavropol region, should they be needed. “The situation is very tense and requires additional measures to ensure the safety of steel highways of the north Caucasus,” the general reportedly said
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Russia’s Terror-Fighting Trains Back on the Rails
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