WI 9/11 happens in Russia

Suppose that Al Qaeda starts supporting Chechen terrorists (or freedom fighters if you will) instead of going after the US and the Chechens do something incredibly dumb and pull a 9/11 on Russia with a plane drilling into the side of the Kremlin or something? Is it possible?

Yes, it is possible. And Putin would be blamed for that and many Westerners would believe it (well, a lot of you guys do believe that Putin blew up apartment buildings in Moscow in 1991).
 
I remember hearing about how some terrorists captured some Russians during the last years of the USSR and the KGB threatened to kill off all of the terrorist's families if they did anything stupid and the terrorists released them all. Don't know how true it is.
 
Yes, it is possible. And Putin would be blamed for that and many Westerners would believe it (well, a lot of you guys do believe that Putin blew up apartment buildings in Moscow in 1991).

Not to mention that there will be anti-Russian demonstrations all over the world and 24-hour specials on CNN about Russia's Slide to Aggressive Imperialism if Putin even tries anything in response.

However, Russia doesn't have the means to do anything much more dramatic than what it is currently doing, so...nothing happens.
 
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