I kept watching the scenes from the Beslan massacre, and only one question kept running through my head:
Who benefits from this?
The answer is now crystal clear.
Not that I consider them recommended reading in most regards, but for the last ten years there have been numerous international agencies (now I'm going to be branded a UN lover) pointing out a lot of bloody abuses by the Soviets (oops, I meant the Russians) in Chechnya and makes for chilling reading.
Sure, that in no way justifies the murder of those children, but how much of their blood is on Putin's hands?