Audience and actors of the Moscow 'Nord-Ost' musical were taken hostages on October 23 by a group of terrorists during the performance on the stage of the Moskovski Podshipnik ('Moscow Bearing') company Culture Palace (DK). The terrorist group was led by Movsar Barayev - a nephew of the prominent Chechen warlord Arbi Barayev killed by the Russian troops last year. On the picture: Leader of the Union of the Right Forces party (SPS) Boris Nemtsov arrives at the DK to take part in the negotiations with terrorists.

Audience and actors of the Moscow 'Nord-Ost' musical were taken hostages on October 23 by a group of terrorists during the performance on the stage of the Moskovski Podshipnik ('Moscow Bearing') company Culture Palace (DK). The terrorist group was led by Movsar Barayev - a nephew of the prominent Chechen warlord Arbi Barayev killed by the Russian troops last year. A child looks at the DK controled by the terrorists out of the window of a neighboring apartment block.

Audience and actors of the Moscow 'Nord-Ost' musical were taken hostages on October 23 by a group of terrorists during the performance on the stage of the Moskovski Podshipnik ('Moscow Bearing') company Culture Palace (DK). The terrorist group was led by Movsar Barayev - a nephew of the prominent Chechen warlord Arbi Barayev killed by the Russian troops last year. On the picture: Leader of the Union of the Right Forces party (SPS) Boris Nemtsov (left) and popular singer, State Duma legislator Iosif Kobzon (right) arrive at the DK to take part in the negotiations with terrorists.

Audience and actors of the Moscow 'Nord-Ost' musical were taken hostages on October 23 by a group of terrorists during the performance on the stage of the Moskovski Podshipnik ('Moscow Bearing') company Culture Palace (DK). The terrorist group was led by Movsar Barayev - a nephew of the prominent Chechen warlord Arbi Barayev killed by the Russian troops last year. On the picture: leader of the far-left Trudovaya Rossiya ('Labour Russia') movement Victor Anpilov is interviewed beside the terrorist-controlled DK.