The man, identified as Magomed Uspayev and also known as Maga Zakiyev, is accused of taking part in the 1999 abduction of Vladimir Yatsina, a photographer for the news agency ITAR-TASS.
Yatsina was later shot dead.
(AP, AFP)
(RFE/RL) October 24, 2006 -- A Swedish court today detained a Russian man accused of being involved in the kidnapping of a photographer in Chechnya, pending an extradition request by Russian authorities.
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