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...Chechnya, a peace treaty with Russia has been signed, but skirmishes continue--the bloodshed has not ended with political accord. In Sergei Bodrov's film, "Prisoner of the Mountains," politics as usual leads to a horrific, numbing climax as absent-minded doctors send adolescents to war and tanks roll down hilly roads too beautiful for bloodshed. Based on the Leo Tolstoy short story, "Caucasian Captive," "Prisoner of the Mountains" brings the people, not the politics, of war to the dramatic forefront, capturing the paralysis and pain felt by families caught in the middle...
...death are slowly realized. As a school teacher in Russia, she reads Vania's letters to her students, letters that are never long enough to satisfy her. When she receives a letter from the captive Vania asking for help, she leaves her life behind and enters the danger of Chechnya to save...
...Prisoner of the Mountains," gives the people of Chechnya and Russia an unforgettable face not often seen in the haze of fire and gunshots, a face unscathed by politics, hoping desperately for peace
GROZNY, Russia: The new president of Chechnya is a military man and separatist war hero--and also a political pragmatist who may be the republic's only chance at winning independence. Aslan Maskhadov, 45, has 63 percent of the vote with about 90 percent counted; official results are expected today. Maskhadov masterminded the daring offensive last August to retake Grozny and bring the Russians to the peace table. He negotiated the deal that made Monday's elections possible. But the Chechens' overwhelming choice of Maskhadov over rival Shamil Basayev, a young rebel leader, shows political savvy in equal parts...
NOVIYE ATAGI, Chechnya: The Red Cross is evacuating its personnel and suspending operations in Chechnya after six of its delegates were shot as they slept in the Noviye Atagi Red Cross hospital compound early Tuesday morning. Five doctors and a maintenance worker died while another was seriously wounded in the execution-style shooting, the worst single attack on Red Cross workers in its 133-year history. "The people who did it knew exactly what they were doing." said Red Cross representative Kim Gordon-Bates. "Nothing was stolen." Although Russian Interior Ministry troops have begun an investigation, there is no guarantee...