15 April 1998 In Chechnya-a republic filled with weapons and young mm with no work-kidnapping is seen as an easy way to make money. Much of the attention paid to hostage-taking has focused on foreign victims, but most of those held are local people, with no one but their families to turn to for help. Nabi Abdullaev, a journalist from […]

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