CHAPTER 1.
"I beg to give them money, please. I can't bear it any longer..."

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- I beg to give them money, please. I can't bear it any longer... Let the brother come and help. Give them money. After all we do have it, I beg you... They are beating me... oh... every day... I beg you, dad, give... Or tell them to kill me... I beg you... I can't bear it... Please... I can't bear this beating. Give them money... We have it. Why do you say we don't have it... Please, don't beat me... please... if you contact the police they will kill me. Don't do it... Please... Don't cut it off... Don't do it, I beg you very much... Please...

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- Please, dad... Please...

We don't know who made the film. All events and people are real. In our comments we tried to avoid emotions and using words such as "inhuman", "monstrous" or "appalling". We operate only with facts. This film is documentary evidence.

According to the Russia's Ministry for Internal Affairs, more than 60 criminal groups are involved in kidnapping. Most of them operate in Chechnya. This type of crime has become especially evident after the end of war in Chechnya. Bandits gained both combat experience and cynical attitude to human life.

Kidnapping is well organised. One group of criminals spots people suitable for ransom. The second kidnap them. The third secretly transports hostages as a rule to Chechnya. The forth demands a ransom and holds hostages. Such business is currently very profitable.