[2] Russia's Federal Investigative Committee later identified the suicide bomber as a 20-year-old from the North Caucasus, and said that the attack was aimed "first and foremost" at foreign citizens.

[6] Domodedovo International is located 42 kilometres (26 mi) southeast of central Moscow and is Russia's second largest airport, with over 22 million passengers passing through in 2010.

Half an hour before the explosion, Yablonskaya had arrived on a flight from her native city of Odesa to receive an award at a ceremony for young playwrights established by Cinema Art magazine.

He criticised the US and Russia for being hypocrites, reasoning that if they actually followed their own principles, they would have to surrender world power to China, due to the senior status of Chinese culture and religion.

In the aftermath of the explosion, Russia's Investigative Committee stated that the bombing was aimed "first and foremost" at foreign citizens, adding that "it was by no means an accident that the act of terror was committed in the international arrivals hall".

[33] On 7 February 2011, Russian officials identified the suspected suicide bomber as 20-year-old Magomed Yevloyev, born in the village of Ali-yurt, Ingushetia (not to be confused with the journalist of the same name killed in 2008).

[citation needed] Magomed Yevloyev's 16-year-old sister Fatima Yevloyeva and friend Umar Aushev were suspected of collaboration in the Domodedovo attack and detained in February 2011.

[35] In February and March 2011, Russian law enforcement agencies conducted special operations against members of the Caucasus Emirate in Ingushetia, during which they arrested several associates of Magomed Yevloyev, including Islam and Ilez Yandiyev.

An attack in Moscow's Red Square was planned for New Year's Eve, 2011, but it was foiled when the suicide bomber accidentally triggered the bomb in a hotel room in Kuzminki District, killing herself in the explosion.

However, they were unable to leave Dagestan, and instead committed two separate suicide bombings in the village of Gubden on 14 February 2011, killing two policemen and injuring 27 people.

Islam and Ilez Yandiyev and Bashir Khamkhoyev were sentenced to life terms in a penal colony, while Akhmed Yevloyev was jailed for 10 years as he was a minor at the time of the attack.

[42] President Dmitry Medvedev apportioned some blame to poor security at Domodedovo and sacked several officials – said to include a regional transport chief and a Moscow police deputy head;[43] he also announced that he would delay his departure to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

[48][49] The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, the former separatist government in exile (which split from the other half which would become the Caucasus Emirate in 2007), released a statement sending condolences to the victims, suggesting the attackers may have been desperate, traumatized and hopeless, and strongly condemning the bombing.

According to the note, the Brazilian Government, "in denouncing the action of radical groups that resort to violent acts against civilians, reiterates its staunch condemnation of such attacks, regardless of its motivations".

"[7] Condolences were sent by:[51][55] Others included leaders or officials from:[51][57] Abkhazia,[58] Afghanistan,[59] Albania,[60] Angola,[61] Armenia,[62] Australia,[63] Azerbaijan,[64] Belarus,[65] Canada,[66] Chile,[67] China,[68] Colombia,[69] Cuba,[70] Finland,[71] Georgia,[72] Hungary,[73] India,[74] Iran,[citation needed] Mexico,[75] North Korea,[76] New Zealand,[77] Nicaragua,[78] Pakistan,[79] Palestine,[80] Poland,[81] Romania,[59] South Ossetia,[82] Syria,[83] Ukraine,[84] United Arab Emirates,[85] Venezuela,[86] and Vietnam.