Terror in Russia

On the evening of October 23, 2002, in Moscow, Russia, about seven hundred happy people were on the way to a show of a lifetime. Indeed, they were happy: Nord-Ost was one of the best musicals that the capital of Russia produced in years.. On the morning of September 1, 2004, in Beslan, Russia, more than a thousand children and their families were gathering for a big event: first school day assembly. Everyone was happy and excited, especially the youngest first graders.. Nobody could imagine that both events, the show and the school assembly, would turn into the worst nightmare; for many people-the last one. The Chechen guerillas, in their desperate fight for independence from Russia, committed extreme, cruel and most inhuman acts: they captured, held hostage, and killed hundreds of people, most of whom were children..