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On Thursday, parliament member Irina Khakamada and lawmaker Iosif Kobzon, who is also a popular singer among the Chechens, spoke with the captors and one of them promised that citizens of countries "not at war with Chechnya" would be released, ITAR-Tass news agency reported.
"[Foreign] ambassadors and Red Cross officials were there, but no hostage was released," Interfax news agency quoted Alexander Muzykantsky, an official with the Moscow city hall, as saying.
United States Counsel General James Warlick expressed hope that the hostages would be released soon.
Americans, Britons, Dutch, Australians, Austrians and Germans are among the hundreds of hostages.
Agencies
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