The truth is no one knows for sure. What you say is what the Chechens and their liberal supporters claim of course. Are you Chechen or a liberal supporter?
Those are the only three options, eh?
Chechen, liberal supporter, or blind to the long, bloody, devious history of the KGB, and for that matter their czarist secret police predecessors?
Alex, I'll take "None of the Above" for $1000.