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Moscow Theatre Siege
In October 2002 Chechen rebels seized a packed theatre in central Moscow and took hundreds of people hostage. They demanded the withdrawal of Russian troops from Chechnya. Olga Smirnova has been hearing the story of Svetlana Gubareva who was in the theatre that night with her fiancé and daughter.
Photo: Images of some of the victims amid candles and floral tributes (Denis Sinyakov/Getty Images)
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In October 2002 Chechen rebels seized a packed theatre in central Moscow and took hundreds of people hostage. They demanded the withdrawal of Russian troops from Chechnya. Olga Smirnova has been hearing the story of Svetlana Gubareva who was in the theatre that night with her fiancé and daughter.
Photo: Images of some of the victims amid candles and floral tributes (Denis Sinyakov/Getty Images)
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