"We should support Russia in this."
This ?
"Casualty estimates vary widely, but many say about 80,000 civilians — 40 percent of them children — died in the first Chechen war. Countless more have been killed since the conflict exploded again in 1999."
Yes. But is this all Russia's fault? Do the Chechen's have some culpability? If they are supporting Islamic terror, I am sorry to say they have brought it upon themselves.