They made hostages sleep for ever
Excessive poison gas killed 130 hostages in the 2002 Nord-Ost theater siege, Kommersant writes citing U.S. independent experts.
According to the source, the gas used by Russian law enforcement officials was composed of powerful opiates based on fentanyl (used in medicine for anesthesia). Rapid and unmeasured doses of the substance can be fatal, and is especially dangerous when used on persons in a seated position.
The European Court of Human Rights obliged the Russian government to pay the relatives of the victims €1.3 million. The Court ruled that Russia violated the European Convention on Human Rights drowse
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In 2003, the relatives of the victims appealed to the European Court to determine the extent of responsibility of the officials who were engaged in counter-terrorist operation at Dubrovka.
In Strasbourg, the representative of the Russian executive body claimed that they had applied gas to drowse terrorists in order to catch them alive; it did not occur to them that the gas might harm the hostages as well.
