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Officials from Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) say an aid worker kidnapped in the breakaway republic of Chechnya last July has been freed during a special rescue operation.
The officials say that Nina Davydovich, head of the Russian non-governmental organization Druzhba, a charity working with the U.N. Children's Fund, was held in harsh conditions while her captors demanded a $1-million ransom. The Interfax news agency says Ms Davydovich told reporters at a news conference in Pyatigorsk in the Stavropol region Thursday, that she was kept chained in a pit and only fed once a day.
No details were immediately available on the operation to secure Ms. Davydovich's release.
The United Nations suspended humanitarian aid operations in Chechnya after Ms. Davydovich's abduction on July 23.
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