theme №2113 01/23/1996 (1996)

Over the time of the Chechen war, more than 20,000 people were killed.

For what?

Who benefits from the continuation of the war and the mass death of people?

Who really is behind the tragedies of mothers and fathers?

What needs to be done to extinguish the flame of national strife and so that the peaceful population can again sleep peacefully?

The guests of the studio are trying to answer these and other questions: State Duma deputy Boris Gromov, writer Julius Kim, businessman Malik Saidullayev.

The discussion is attended by the head of the Omega peacekeeping community Victor Popkov, businessman Artem Tarasov, journalists Yuri Schekochikhin, Valery Yakov, Seyfali Akhundov, surgeon Abdurashid Saidov, representative of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic Vagat Tutakov, academician Ibrahimbeyli Hadzhi-Murat.

The program uses documentary footage of Chechen events and excerpts from Boris Yeltsin's speeches.