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The national antiterrorism agency claimed that operations against insurgents in Kabardino-Balkariya and Daghestan have killed 49, including nine local leaders, and destroyed 90 insurgent bases; security forces have also detained scores more. President Putin vowed to track down Doku Umarov, the leader of the Caucasus Emirate, which has threatened to target the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.