I agree that democracy should reign. But to say that Russia has killed 40,000 children in Chechneya, etc., you are giving a backhanded justification for what the Chechens did.
That's what you are interpreting, I'm just posting the numbers.
In reality, Russia is being given a pass on their attrocities because of the massacre at Beslan.
The massacre at Beslan was horrible, and unjustifiable...so have Russia's actions in Chechnya.
If you want to know the truth, just go looking for it.