MOSCOW, October 25. /TASS/. Russia has encountered terrorism on numerous occasions, the country knows better than other nations how to combat it and will continue fighting against this threat, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.

"Russia has numerously encountered terrorists, as well as terrorism in its various manifestations, and we know better than many others what this is all about and how to fight against it without any compromises," Peskov told journalists.

His statement comes in response to comment on the tragic anniversary of Moscow’s Dubrovka theater terrorist attack in 2002.

"We certainly remember everyone," he continued. "We remember and will never forget everyone killed in this horrific terrorist attack. We remember everyone, who exerted all efforts sacrificing own lives to save people, who were eventually saved."

On October 23, 2002, 40 terrorists broke into Moscow’s Dubrovka Theater where the "Nord-Ost" musical was being staged, they took 914 people hostage including the spectators and cast members.

In the morning of October 26, most of the hostages were liberated during a special police operation. The Dubrovka siege, Moscow’s deadliest terrorist attack, took the lives of 130 people including 10 underage children.