The Olympic torch arrived on Monday in the Russian city of Volgograd, the scene of two suicide bombings that killed more than 34 people last month. <br /><br />Earlier on Monday, militants trying to carve out an Islamist state in the North Caucasus region issued a chilling video threatening to attack the Games.<br /><br />Two militants claiming to be from a group called Vilyat Degestan warned Russian President Vladimir Putin: “If you hold the Olympics you will receive a present from us … for you and all those tourists who will come over.”<br /><br />The host city of Sochi lies on the western edge of the Caucasus mountains. To the north is Dagestan where militants are waging an insurgency to create an Islamist state.<br /><br />The militant group claims it was behind the two suicide bombs last month at a railway station and on a trolley bus in Volgograd.<br /><br />The Russian president has acknowledged that the Games could be a target for terrorists. <br /><br />He said Russia would do “whatever it takes” to ensure the security of Olympic participants and guests.
