No, Russia was not responsible for 911. Its birch paranoia. And Russia wasn't responsible for staging the Beslan massacre, it really happened. Russia is now surrounded by former republics and sattelite states that have no intention of being controlled again. Russia can't find its ass with both hands.
For a less emotional and a more thorough understanding of Russia in these times you should get your hands on the Mitroikan book:KGB The Sword and The Shield. Or his second book: KGB,When things were going our Way. Thes two books outine in painstaking detail just what the KGB has been up to for the last 80 years. For instance, it vindicates Joseph McCarthy's allegation of Soviet spies in the Roosevelt administration, a fact that the media and hollywood continue to deny.
This whole natural gas thing that Putin is pulling with Europe is all about bending them to his side against the U.S.. I don't think Putin was associated with 9/11, but he's definitely been getting his groove on since then, especially with Iran.