Western diplomats believe that leading Cossacks could be behind the abduction of two teams of OSCE observers in eastern Ukraine, SPIEGEL has learned. A leading Cossack in the Russian parliament could have the power to free them.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Spiegel: Cossacks thought to be behind observer kidnappings in Ukraine
Check point of insurgents in Lysychansk, close to Sieverodonetsk, where the OSCE observers were captured.
