despite requests for `` evacuation '' from the area . The president of Ingushetia , Yunus-Bek Evkurov expressed condolences to relatives of the deceased and provided material support in the amount of 50 thousand rubles -LRB- about $ 1,700 -RRB- for each family . The president noted that during the raid 18 militants were also killed . The attacks in Moscow , in which two female suicide bombers killed at least 39 people and wounded more than 60 others , were legitimate retribution for what happened in Chechnya , Umarov said in the video . He also promised `` new acts of vengeance '' in Russia . Russians will no longer be able to simply observe the battles in the Caucasus , Umarov said . `` Therefore , the war will come to your streets , and you will feel it for yourselves and with your own lives , '' he said in the video . Monday 's blasts tore through the Lubyanka and Park Kultury stations in central Moscow -- the female bombers detonating their explosives about 40 minutes apart , starting just before 8 a.m. -LRB- 12 a.m. ET -RRB- . On Tuesday , Russian police released photographs
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Chechen rebel leader Dokku Umarov claimed that he personally gave orders to attack the Moscow subway this week , according to a Chechen rebel Web site . Kavkaz Center , a Web site that regularly carries messages from the rebels , released a video in which Umarov said he was behind the Monday attacks . The attacks were revenge for what Umarov called a `` massacre conducted by the Russian occupants against the poorest residents of Chechnya and Ingushetia , '' the Web site says . According to the site , the video was taped the same day as the attacks . The incident Umarov referred to is a February special operation by Russian forces , after which there were accusations of Russians killing innocent civilians . In the video , Umarov said the victims were simply gathering garlic to make a living . According to Russian officials , at least four civilians were killed during the special operation near the Ingushetian village of Arshty on February 11 . After investigating the incident , the officials admitted that it was `` the season to collect wild garlic '' and civilians may have been doing just that