A bomber killed at least 35 people at Domodedovo in Moscow, Russia's busiest airport.

Islamist rebels have vowed to take their bombing campaign from the North Caucasus to the Russian heartland in the year before Presidential elections, hitting transport and economic targets.

They have also levelled threats at Sochi, the Black Sea resort, which is in a region some militants consider "occupied."

"We live in a dangerous world, I mean this is not the first terrorist attack on a capital, I mean everyone remembers what happened in London the day after we elected London in 2005," Rogge told Reuters Television.

London was hit by a string of deadly suicide attacks on July 7, 2005, a day after winning the 2012 Olympics, which killed 52 people.

"There have been incidents in Madrid, there have been incidents in other cities, it's just a fact of life," said Rogge.

"We live in a dangerous world."

The IOC has also sent its condolences to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, said Rogge.

In May last year Medvedev ordered tighter security for the 2014 Winter Games.

With Russia also due to hold the 2018 FIFA World Cup the country presents an even higher profile potential terrorist target.



Medvedev has blamed airport authorities for weak security arrangements for yesterday's attack.

He now wants checks based on Israeli and United States security systems.

"We have some major events upcoming," Medvedev said after meeting with the heads of the country's Federal Security Service (FSB), Russia's main security force.

"But those who would like to attend [these events] are not the only ones preparing for them.

"The criminals, the bandits, the terrorist rabble - they are preparing for them too."

But Rogge claimed the IOC was confident local authorities in Russia would provide a safe Games.

"We trust the local authorities to provide the best possible security and we are working very closely with them, and that is what we are doing with our Russian friends," he said.

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