RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: PRISONERS EXCHANGED

Natural Sound Russian and Chechen commanders have succeeded in brokering a prisoner exchange. The exchange of 34 Russians and 48 mostly civilian Chechens, took place today, (Thursday) 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of Grozny at the Chechen/Dagestan border. Following an afternoon of circumspection and suspicion, Russian and Chechen commanders succeeded in brokering a prisoner exchange. Originally intended to take place on a bridge that spans the Chechen-Dagestan border at midday today, (Thur