A 22- year old Russian sergeant had then recorded the film and passed it on after years conscience-stricken and following depressions to the critical journalist.

The film is now on the internet available to download:
http:// www.stud.ntnu.no/~kjonigse/k5/m2095011.rm
(Real Player 30 MB).

Half-naked prisoners of war are reloaded, beaten and kicked from on an overcrowded lorry of the Russian Ministry of Justice.
Dead and severly injured are dragged, partly thrown out of the lorry.
One person has an open, untreated arm fracture.

All this has been filmed by a Russian soldier in March 2000.
The prisoners were fighters, who had been promised an amnesty by Putin if they surrender, see
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/684458.stm ,
they had surrendered in the battle of Komsomolskoje
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/685388.stm

None of the shown 76 prisoners is thought to have survived.



The film is also mirrored by a major Polish daily newspaper:

The page:
 http://serwisy.gazeta.pl/swiat/1,34180,2094524.html

Then click on the right box below.

OBEJRZYJ FILM

¤ Obejrzyj film [30,76MB]; plik Real Media

Or to download directly:

link to the film Real Player Format:

 http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/2095/m2095011.rm