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RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: 17 RUSSIAN SOLDIERS STILL HELD HOSTAGE BY REBELS

(29 Jan 1996) Russian/Nat Chechen rebels have been holding 17 Russian soldiers captive in a secret location since the start of the hostage crisis in Pervomaiskoye. The soldiers had been written off as dead by the Kremlin following an unsuccessful attempt by the Russians to crush the Chechen rebels and their leader Salman Raduyev. In an exclusive interview with APTV, the Russian prisoners of war spoke of the torments of the recent past and their fears for the future. Hidden away in the snow-covered hills of southern Chechnya, 17 Russian prisoners of war await news of their release. Held captive by Chechen rebels since the beginning of the hostage crisis in Pervomaiskoye, they are the last pawns in a high-stakes end-game being played by the rebels and the Russian government. They escaped, along with the rebels, following the abortive military storming of the village. The Chechens are demanding the release of all detained rebels in exchange for their freedom. Russian authorities, following President Yeltsin's newly-declared crackdown on the Chechens, show little sign of complying. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Russia doesn't know what kind of a war this is. If they haven't been here, they just see it on the TV. They show the Chechens as bandits who kill indiscriminately and they show us, the Russians, as the good guys. But if you take a closer look, see how we flatten villages with rocket launchers and kill the innocent or detain them in concentration camps... well, you change your mind pretty quickly. SUPER CAPTION: Russian Interior Ministry Soldier, prisoner of war These men were written off as dead by the Kremlin when the abortive storming of Pervomaiskoye was launched. They heard Russian radio reporting that they had been executed by the Chechen rebel leader Salman Raduyev, removing the last obstacle to the artillery onslaught. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) On TV they say one thing, but in reality everything's different. The President has written us off and declared a day of mourning for us in Novosibirsk, although 17 of us are alive. At least for now. SUPER CAPTION: Russian Interior Ministry Soldier, prisoner of war Russia does not have a tradition of treating its returning prisoners of war as heroes. As witnesses to the fiasco of Pervomaiskoye, these men are preparing for the worst, as they warned their colleagues in other parts of the country: SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Whoever wants to come here, let them come. But I would say stay away boys. You could end up like us. Nobody cares. Sooner or later they'll kill you and blame it on the Chechens. SUPER CAPTION: Russian Interior Ministry Soldier, prisoner of war Declared killed or missing in action by the Kremlin, these are men who have all but risen from the dead. Buried first by official press releases and then by mortars and rockets fired by their own troops, they await Moscow's next move. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...