MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
Dec. 4, NY Times....The attack came just hours before President Vladimir V. Putin delivered a state of the nation speech in Moscow, in which he made only a passing reference to the violence.
The Russian state news media reported that the militants had seized an office building, which was then recaptured by security forces, and a school. Terrified residents of Grozny said they heard loud explosions and saw armed gunmen roaming the streets....