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President meeting bereaved mothers critical of his war on terror. Where on earth could this be?
President Vladimir Putin yesterday admitted that Russia could not completely protect its citizens from terrorism His remarks came before a meeting with three mothers of child victims of the Beslan siege, in which 331 hostages died a year ago today…Before the Kremlin meeting with the three, who have formed the Committee of Beslan Mothers, the Russian leader said: “I must say straight away that I agree with those who believe that today the state cannot guarantee the necessary amount or standard of security to its citizens.”…
The Committee of Beslan Mothers requested the meeting as part of its attempt to have senior Russian officials tried for negligence. The relatives are furious at the Kremlin’s apparent inaction during the hostage crisis, and say the investigations that followed have failed to answer key questions, such as how the siege began and how many militants there were…
Alla Bagatova, who lost her son Timur, 13, in the siege, said by telephone from Beslan: “I did not expect anything new from the meeting. They say there’s a devil on earth, and that’s Putin. God will punish him.” She said she had joined dozens of mourners, many of whom stayed in the school gym from Thursday night to yesterday morning.
President Vladimir Putin yesterday admitted that Russia could not completely protect its citizens from terrorism His remarks came before a meeting with three mothers of child victims of the Beslan siege, in which 331 hostages died a year ago today…Before the Kremlin meeting with the three, who have formed the Committee of Beslan Mothers, the Russian leader said: “I must say straight away that I agree with those who believe that today the state cannot guarantee the necessary amount or standard of security to its citizens.”…
The Committee of Beslan Mothers requested the meeting as part of its attempt to have senior Russian officials tried for negligence. The relatives are furious at the Kremlin’s apparent inaction during the hostage crisis, and say the investigations that followed have failed to answer key questions, such as how the siege began and how many militants there were…
Alla Bagatova, who lost her son Timur, 13, in the siege, said by telephone from Beslan: “I did not expect anything new from the meeting. They say there’s a devil on earth, and that’s Putin. God will punish him.” She said she had joined dozens of mourners, many of whom stayed in the school gym from Thursday night to yesterday morning.