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- 1 2 Freed U.N. Worker Describes 317-Day Chechnya Abduction New York Times. 22 December 1998
- ↑ Veronique Soulé (14 December 1998) Tchétchénie: Vincent Cochetel le miraculé.Enlevé en janvier, le Français a été libéré par les Russes samedi.
- ↑ Vous devez trouver en vous les ressources nécessaires pour survivre (in French) UNHDR. 19 August 2010
- ↑ Matthew Holehouse (8 March 2016) EU-Turkey deal on refugees 'would contravene international law' The Telegraph
