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It doesn't really matter what the Russians have done, are doing, or will do in Chechnya. By taking a school hostage, the Chechens have set themselves up as the bad guys. If they were looking for outside support, this was a real good way to assure they won't get it.
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This is too complex a situation to be comprehended and dealt with in comic book terms. (unless you were being ironic in which case my apologies) Good and bad may play a part in politics but only that, a part. Pragmatism is the politician's greatest ally. War and politics are intimately entwined and the only way to see an end this deadly embrace is to engage in realpolitik. Each side has a grievance ( many grievances ) with another. There are many sides. There are many factors all of which have led to the situation as it stands at this hour and day. What I have been arguing for is not acceptance of the horror of child slaughter, but just an attempt by any who take an interest to gain a deeper understanding of the various forces and motivations involved on all sides of the various struggles for independance which are boiling up in and around Russia.
Specifically my objection was to the desire by many to boil this down to good guys and bad guys and leave it at that.
And as for gaining outside support. I very much doubt that was part of the plan. Making a huge statement to the Russian people is more likely the rationale.