Ordinary Russians may be in danger of attacks by Islamic extremists, but they pose little threat to Putin or his allies. Russia has indeed suffered a number of terrorist attacks, including the 2004 Beslan massacre, in which 334 people, most of them schoolchildren, were killed.
普通俄国人可能会受到伊斯兰极端分子的袭击，但他们对普京及其盟友构不成太大的威胁。俄罗斯实际上的确遭遇了若干次恐怖袭击，包括2004年的别斯兰惨案，造成334人，多数是学生死亡。几乎在所有情况下，对袭击采取的反制措施都残酷、无能，让民众付出了惨重的生命代价。但每次普京政权却都能安然渡过、毫发无伤。事实上，发生在世纪之交的恐怖袭击巩固了反对车臣叛军的公众舆论，并赋予了普京夷平车臣首都格罗兹尼所需的公众支持。