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Russia: Beslan Question to Putin

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, Digital Activism, Education, Governance, Human Rights, Humanitarian Response, Politics, Technology, War & Conflict, Youth

Marina Litvinovich (LJ user abstract2001, founder of the PravdaBeslana.ru site) has posted a link [1] (RUS) to the 28 questions on Beslan, posed to Vladimir Putin by Russian internet users who hope the president will answer them during an online conference Thursday. Here's one question, translated from Russian: “Dear [Vladimir Vladimirovich]. In spring 2004 we decided to return to our Motherland, to Beslan, after living “abroad” for six years. We sent our daughter to school, found a job. Several months later, Beslan happened. Our daughter was in a different school, thank God. We left again. If you were us, would you have stayed?..”