Even a blind man can see that this is absurd. Georgia is part of antiterrorism coalition and has it troops in Afghanistan to act on it. When statements like this are made, there is only one logical explanation – have to blame someone because don’t know who guilty is. Does anyone think that killing people in Chechnya for nothing (almost no oil there) will go forgiven? This is Chechnya payback to Russia. This is only a beginning. Russia has to rethink its strategy to neighbors, let tem leave peacefully. It’s the only way it can survive.

Dima Ivanov Since the 29 March 2010 terrorist attack in two Moscow Metro Stations, a new media consensus has taken shape in the West by which I mean the British, the U.SA and the Canadian media: that these terrorist attacks are local, that they are the products of "heavy-handed" Kremlin tactics, that Russia must "change" its anti-terrorists tactics. The problem with this narrative is the that these corporate media outlets the same ones that deny any link between the U.S foreign policy and anti-US Arab/Muslim attacks against the United States. That the same British, U.S and Canadian media -which are lecturing to Russia about how to fight terrorism with carrots and less with sticks are the same media outlets that would never dare question the effectiveness of the Israel state use of brute force against the Palestinians. The aim of this media strategy is Three fold: to force Russia to weaken its strong resolve against terrorists including those who hide behind historically legitimate or imagined grievances; to buttress the U.S global expansion in the name of military Crusade against Islamic Terror;; butress anti-Russian discourse by painting anti-Russia terrorists as local/resistant groups whereas the U.S war is against decentered/ multi-national global radical Islam! No mention of 1980s the U.S funding of the Taliban or the current U.S/NATO war on Afghanistan and Pakistan as destabilising forces in the region and that this might have something to with globalisation of the new terrorists war against Russia. How are we to read meanings and implications of these omissions and obfuscations and doublespeak of terrrorism in the western media as Russia fights new waves of terrorist attacks?

To Dima Ivanov: It is not all about "Russia's strategy towards its neighbours" because Chechnya is an integrated part of Russia. Chechnya's teritory belongs to Russia. The sooner Chechens accept that the better for them will be. If Chechens choose war and confrontation - then O.K., there wiill be a war. A bloody and tiring, continious battle will have major consequences mainly for Chechen people. Do not forget Dima that Chechens have once managed to return back from Siberia. The next time maybe there will be no a "resit exam" for them. Chechens should think about that.

Ivanov - Do you think really that, if Russians leave Northern Caucasus, this region will live, under Islamic rule, well and peacefully?

This arcticle brings to mind what I recently read on realpolitik.tv, about this - still hypothetical - involvement of Georgia. Here's a partial translation (originally writen in french) : "(...) By having a hand in those terrorist acts, the georgian president, finding himself more and more let-down by West powers, would seek to provoque Russia, actually hoping for military retaliations, so as to appear again as a victim of "russian imperialism", maintaining Georgia in a state of crisis, and paradoxically but consequently keep his own waving power. (...) If the georgian trail would be confirmed, we can only hope that Russia would not walk into such a political trap."

@ Vladimir… You stated "Chechnya's territory belongs to Russia. The sooner Chechens accept that the better for them will be". How STUPID is this statement after 39 (Russian) people were killed in Monday's double suicide bomb attack on the Moscow city's Metro and 12 (None Russian) more people in the North Caucasus republic. The leader of the Islamist insurgency in the North Caucasus issued a video statement saying that he had ordered the twin bomb attack on the Moscow metro. This man claimed the bombs were his revenge for what he said was the killing of civilians in Chechnya in February by Russian security forces. So keep on turning a blind eye to what is real..... Chechnya is NOT integrated with Russia....it NEVER was, it was only kept under control during the times of the USSR. There are many republics (countries not yet recognize within Russia whose people are NOT Russian and want their independence. Russia better understand what is going on within its borders right now and stop trying to blame other countries for the problems they themselves have incited. If they don't, I am afraid that many...many more innocent people will die just because Russia cannot accept the fact that not all the people that live in Russia are Russian.......... I have family in Russia and now they only worry about yet another bomb going off somewhere…all for what……….STUPID

@Dima Ivanov, can you really be that naive? @Doublespeak, great analysis, way to go! I noticed this new western propaganda too, this localization of N. Caucasus terrorism, as it's dismissed as a result of Moscow's supposed heavy handedness. By contrast, Americans' killing of civilians in Iraq = treating them with kid gloves. I do hope Russian authorities are paying attention and drawing conclusions about cooperation with NATO, et al. @Author of this article. This is an interesting topic, but, unfortunately, you were unable to properly explore it. The article is poorly written. Sorry. There should be more articles analysing and tracing possible links between the perpetrators of these crimes and those who financed and trained them - follow the money trail and who stands to benefit. And aside from Chechen terrorists, we all know who that is.

Its funny how terrorist acts are used by those that so call care about Russia to call for the so call independence of this so call oppressed territories with in the Russian federation, can some one plz tell me when was Chechnya ever independent,.... there are tens of thousands of Chechen's that are fighting on Russia's side, Chechen's the majority of them have made there choice there is proof in the past that the Georgian security services were giving access to this groups in there territories (Pankisi Gorge) for training and equipment.