Medvedev: Bin Laden's killing good for Russia

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that the killing of Osama bin Laden is beneficial to Russian security, state-run news agencies reported.

Medvedev said "the liquidation of terrorists, even on the level of ... bin Laden, has a direct relationship to the level of security on the territory of our state," Itar-Tass reported. He added that al Qaeda "has regularly sent and continues to send its emissaries" to Russia. (Reuters)