Russia sends more troops to Dagestan Some Russian politicians said they thought it was a front for the Chechnya-based guerrillas. The caller to Itar-Tass did say the bombs were an act of revenge for the bombing of Karamakhi. The village has been a stronghold of militant Islam for almost two years - and it is from there that the Arab fighter Khatab has taken a wife. Conspiracy theories Meanwhile others in Moscow are still wondering whether there is a domestic political aspect to the crisis and whether rogue elements of the security forces are in some way involved in an attempt to provoke a state of emergency in Russia or the cancellation of elections. Tough challenge for Moscow's popular mayor There is absolutely no proof of this, but a little noticed article in the Moscow newspaper Moskovskaya Pravda by a respectable journalist Alexander Zhilin is now attracting attention.
Conspiracy theories are part of the staple diet of Moscow politics.
Zhilin's article is interesting because it was written before the bomb explosions. At the very least it says a lot about the fevered political atmosphere in Russia that some people take these theories seriously. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.