Ilyas Bogatyrev's reports from the border of Chechnya and Stavropol (1990-1999)

Chechens say goodbye to Ilyas Bogatyrev.

Undercode timecode.

The man talks about the Chechen Cossacks, about differences on religious grounds, about communication with otherworldly forces.

The Cossack invites people for breakfast.

The general talks about his unit and about the shelling.

Comments on the general situation in the mountains.

Discussion of the work of the police.

Conflict with local police stations.

Agricultural problems, non-payment of salaries and subsidies for the region.

The meeting diverge.

Soldiers at the trailer behind barbed wire.

A man is sitting on the roof of a dovecote.

Soldiers in an armored personnel carrier.

Interview about the situation in the region and about relations with local residents.

Information about the trade in goods of humanitarian aid in the markets, about the looting of civilians, about inaction and complicity to militants from the side of local militia.

The soldiers sit down on the APC and leave.

The collective farmers talk about shelling, the looting of houses and plants by Chechens, and the ruin of agricultural land.

A man denounces the actions of Chechens.

I. Bogatyrev with a soldier on the edge of the trench.

Sleeve from the projectile on the ground.

Undercode timecode.

A sleeve, the feet of people standing next to each other.

A barrage with an embrasure of bags from the ground.

Riot policemen talk about shelling.