Russian police stop rally urging truth about Beslan

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police on Sunday broke up a human rights campaigners' rally calling on President
Vladimir Putin to tell the whole truth about the deaths of more than 300 hostages in the Beslan school siege two years ago.

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Many human rights activists and some victims' relatives believe that a botched rescue operation contributed to the deaths and that the authorities have deliberately covered up mistakes made by senior officials overseeing the operation.

"Putin and (FSB chief Nikolai) Patrushev must share responsibility for the death of people," read a poster held by Lev Ponomarev, head of campaigners For Human Rights.

"Storming of the school is the authorities' disgrace," read another. "The Caucasus war spread the cancer of Nazism across Russia," read the one held by a woman standing nearby.

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[etherealtruth]

1. There was a lengthy segment ...

... on my public radio station addressing the same issue (for the life of me I can't recall which show it was) ... They presented a lot of info r/t the failure of Putin's government to try to negotiate a peaceful end (which "they" believe was entirely possible/probable).

My heart aches when I think of the horrific events that transpired there.

[DeepModem Mom]

2. K&R