Aleksey Galkin
Alexey Viktorovich Galkin (
Capture by Chechen separatists
Galkin was captured during the Second Chechen military campaign by
Torture
Galkin was kept by militants in a dark cellar and given food or water and he may have been beaten by his captors.[5] Galkins was videotaped by Pelton watching videos without being bound or abused.
A month after being captured, Galkin was introduced to two men. The first man named Hasan - a commander of
Statements on Alexey Galkin by eyewitness Robert Young Pelton
Robert Young Pelton reported that no evidence of Galkin's torture were present when he was interviewed, although, he was thin, emaciated and his bore bruises from being bound for so long. Pelton interviewed Galkin and asked if he had been tortured or mistreated. Galkin was nervous, and when Pelton asked him why, he said with humor that he had never been on CNN before referring to his career as a spy.[2][5] Musayev twice interrupted Galkin when Pelton asked whether Galkin voluntarily confessed and whether he is afraid of something, saying that "You don't need to answer this question".[2]
Escape and publications in Novaya Gazeta
In January, after the New Year, Galkin and Pachomov, were released by their captors.[5] Having found weapons wandering alone, they encountered a group of militants and exchanged fire with them. Galkin had also received gunshot wounds to both arms. The escapees were discovered by Ryazan airborne regiment. Doctors diagnosed Galkin with four broken ribs (bone fragments also had entered into his lungs), his jaw was broken in three places and he had also suffered brain damage.[5] Galkin retired from the Army due to his health condition in summer 2002 after rehabilitation course.[5]
See also
References
- ^ “Our Group Prepared Diversions in Chechnya and Dagestan”, Testimony of Senior Lieutenant Alexei Galkin, November 1999 Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b c d Our group was preparing sabotages in Chechnya and Dagestan. Testimony of senior lieutenant Alexey Galkin. Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine Novaya Gazeta December 2, 2002 # 89
- Yuriy Felshtinsky(in Russian).
- ISBN 1-59228-100-1
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j The first voluntary interview of Alexey Galkin, comments by journalist Roman Shleinov and conclusion of psychologist Michail Istomin Archived 2007-02-02 at the Wayback Machine Novaya Gazeta December 2, 2002 # 89 Alexey Galkin was later debriefed by, journalist Roman Shleinov and then interpreted by a psychologist, Michail Istomin