Thanks for your words of truth and wisdom, shining like a lighthouse in the freerepublic night. Some people yell about suitcase nukes when they really just want to fight.
If there are any nukes missing (and that's a big if), the most likely scenario for their disappearance is as follows: a high-level group within the KGB simply seized these backpack nukes and has them hidden in an undisclosed location. They did not tell the Russian Army, Alexander Lebed, or the rest of the KGB about this action. We have to keep in mind that these KGB officers are experts at deception and disinformation and it would not be difficult for them to make fifty tactical nukes disppear along with all their associated paperwork.
This kind of innocuous scenario does not get written up in the media because it's not alarming or sensational. The public is more captivated by reading about Soviet nukes sold to Osama bin Laden, even though this is an extremely unlikely event. The next most likely cause for any missing nukes is probably a sting operation as suggested by defenderSD and others.
Yes, it is quite remarkable how people at this website choose to believe in "delusional fantasies." The last time I saw Putin & Bush, they looked quite relaxed and not worred about any nukes in the hands of OBL.