Sight №1 19.01.1996 (1996)

The village of Pervomayskoye in Dagestan is liberated from militants heading to Chechnya accompanied by the hostages they had taken.

One of the hostages, Vladimir Timoshenko, saved himself.

Timoshenko is receiving medical assistance at the Aksakai hospital.

He tells how he hid from the militants.

According to him, he was beaten by federal troops.

In Kizlyar, people are sitting in front of the TV, listening to the latest news about the hostages taken by Chechen militants.

Synchronized broadcast by Natalya Timoshenko, Vladimir's sister.

An interview with Elena Bakhturova, the wife of a sergeant from the Novosibirsk police department, one of the police officers who was taken hostage and, according to preliminary information, was shot by the militants.

Gennady Boronin and Andrey Petukhov talk about the actions of the military.

They recall the events of the hostage taking in Gudermes.

The preparedness of the Chechen gangs is especially emphasized.

The village of Sovetskoye (not far from Pervomayskoye).

Federal troops are preparing for the assault.

Night footage.

Soldiers talk about malnutrition.

The assault begins.

Fighting near the village of Pervomayskoye.

Trenches.

Artillery action.

Behind the scenes, the commander talks about the command's mistakes: fire was directed at his own units.

Hospital in the village of Aksai.

The mobile hospital of the Ministry of Emergency Situations (Medical Center).

A wounded man is receiving medical care.

Doctors say that the wounded participants in the fighting near Pervomayskoye are not delivered to them, but are taken to Grozny.

In the village of Novogroznensky, an ORT journalist communicates by radio with Salman Raduyev, who says that none of the hostages were shot.

The hostages themselves join the conversation.

They introduce themselves: Raya Chernenko, Vasily Zhivotov.

The village of Aksai.

The mobile hospital of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

They bring in a wounded man.

The operating room.

An extracted bullet fragment.

Surgeons at work.

Putting on a plaster cast.

Arkady Volsky points out that the media's accusations of the government and Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin's inaction are groundless.

The situation is discussed when, after agreements with the leadership of the Republic of Dagestan, a column of militants and hostages they had taken was fired upon by federal troops.

Arkady Volsky talks about his previous meeting with Dzhokhar Dudayev, when the latter admitted to the existence of trained sabotage combat groups concealed on Russian territory.

An interview with Aslan Maskhadov (recorded on January 17 in Novogroznensky).

He talks about the services he offered in the negotiation process, which were rejected.

He emphasizes that he maintains constant contact with Raduyev, although he condemns him.

Arkady Volsky expresses a tough position on terrorism, but points out the need and importance of conducting the negotiation process by all possible means.

Video footage: Nadezhda Noskova surrounded by journalists.

According to preliminary information, she managed to free herself from the Avrasiya motor ship, which was hijacked by terrorists in Turkey.

The Russian ambassador in Ankara provides information over the phone about the latest events related to the seizure of Russian hostages on the Avrasiya motor ship in Turkey.

Night video footage: the Bosphorus Strait, the motor ship is moored in the port.

Arkady Volsky considers possible options for resolving the conflict situation with Chechnya, points to the suspension of negotiations as a mistake.

Video footage from January 16, near the village of Pervomayskoye in the Dagestan region.

Armored vehicles, tanks.

A wounded man is carried out on a stretcher.

Interview with a former hostage in the hospital.

He talks about his escape from terrorists, about being wounded, about the murder of other hostages.