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One of the five, Victor Zinchenko, 53, whose mother was a poverty-stricken widow, was beheaded in a green forest glade. The video of his death has been played countless times on Russian television, but the part never telecast shows his executioners kicking his severed head about like a football, says Brenner's wife, Tatyana, who got the full version of the video in a parcel from the kidnappers.

I have seen this video on the net. I was aghast to read this. Then just a few years ago I met ( again) a friend from Georgia, Mzia, and we talked a long time about these political things. During the discussion she told me she had seen this video in its entirety on Georgian tv and the part was included with the "football".

It says, I believe, a great deal about the level of humanity of these people in general. They would not only behead someone for not being paid to release him, but they would then do what they did with his head.

They allow Victor to speak before they kill him, on the video. He was an older man when they killed him and seemed very gentle and kind in his demeanor.