<br/>'Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that armed criminals could be liquidated on the spot. Speaking at a function in Moscow today, Mr Putin said, he had ordered the nation's security services to act decisively and liquidate bandits on the spot if armed terrorists put up resistance. His spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters later that the Russian leader was referring to all those who harbour plans to carry out acts of terror in Russia.<br/>'Russian President said, yesterday's blast that tore through a Saint Petersburg supermarket and injured 14 people was an act of<br/>terror. Mr Putin's 2015 decision to intervene in Syria militarily on<br/>the side of Bashar al-Assad has made Russia a priority target<br/>for the Islamic State terrorist group. <br/><br/>