Two individuals made careers and fortunes after Beslan. Dmitry Peskov was in charge of information coverage. The journalist of federal channel Margarita Simonyan lied to the whole country saying that there are only 354 hostages in the school.

The services of both were rewarded. Simonyan became the head of Russia Today next year, Peskov was appointed Putin’s press secretary in 2008 and now has millions on his wrist and is enjoying his life.