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Originally Posted by MT2008
As bad as this incident was, the Russian government's response was arguably worse - and just because of the number of people who died in the shootout. The crisis gave Putin an excuse to consolidate control over the Duma and the media under the guise of fighting terrorism.
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Interestingly I was reading about a rumor that the Russian military summarily executed the terrorists who were not killed during the initial assault. No sympathy to them of course.