2001 Photo Contest, General News, 3rd prize
Photographer

Vladimir Vyatkin

RIA Novosti for Ogonyok

13 April, 2000

Russian paratrooper Yury Tomman mourns the death of his companion during the Second Chechen War. By March the Russians were established in Chechnya, though groups of rebel fighters had consolidated position, mainly in mountain districts.

About the photographer

Vladimir Vyatkin

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