Russia faking Islamic Terrorism cases

RUSSIA: STALINISM FOREVER - TOPAnna Politkovskaya, Washington Post, 4/1/06http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/31/AR2006033101584.html MOSCOW -- We are using Stalin's methods again, this time to fight terrorism. I am writing for this American newspaper on a subject that one can no longer write about in Russia -- islamskiy terrorizm, or Islamic terrorism cases. There are hundreds of such cases going through the courts in our country. Most of them have been fabricated by the government so that the special services can demonstrate how "effective" Russia is in fighting terrorism and so that President Vladimir Putin has something with which to impress the West. (MORE)