@bobal

Nuclear war is a myth.

@whiskey

I do not harbor any conspiracy theories. Unfortunately, the homes were in fact blown up by FSB. Both people with detailed knowledge and evidence of it: Litvenenko (wrote a book FSB blows up Russia) and Politkovskay (was collecting evidence for a book) were killed by Putin.

As to Beslan, terrorists are no doubt responsible for the deaths of those children and death is too kind a punishment for them. However, it is the government that killed them and not Chechens. From the very beginning, Putin refused to negotiate. The terrorists have passed a tape to Putin with their demands. The contents of it are still unknown. Russian utilized not only Speznaz, but regular military as well. Some soldiers used mortars, tanks were firing on the building. The operation began with helicopter firing a rocket and blowing up parts of a wall, with obvious results for everyone who was sitting on the other side. No facilities were set up to deal with the wounded. Take a look: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beslan_school_hostage_crisis#The_first_explosions_and_the_fire_in_gymnasium
Terrorists actually did not detonate anything. Russia’s objective was to destroy the terrorist and show that they will be ruthless in such cases. Hostages did not enter the picture. Same was the case is Nord-Ost.