Thanks! Being multi-lingual comes in handy sometimes. Gazeta.ru is great, they are updating every 5-10 minutes.
Russian police has informed the press that by 1:30am (moscow time), cops succesfully sneaked into the building and lead out 17 people....Cars are being moved/towed from around the theater... Armoured cars were removed as well. One of the hostages has informed the authorities that all the hostages were brought into one hall. There's blood on the floor, because of beatings - not murder. Several journalists are reporting a sound of an explosion - unconfirmed. ... This is from www.rtr-vesti.ru