From Chechnya Weekly; 13 March 2003. Jamestown Foundation.

The French medical charity "Medecins sans Frontieres" ("Doctors Without Borders") released a statement on March 8 accusing the Russian government of failing to make serious efforts to rescue its employee, Arjan Erkel, who was kidnapped last August in Dagestan. "Seven months after his abduction, Russia's federal
authorities are still incapable of providing the least information about the motives or identity of his captors, or make the slightest progress in this case," the group said. "As of now, Russian authorities have not demonstrated the political will necessary to resolve this case. We demand that they achieve Arjan's immediate
release and take up their responsibility to guarantee the security of civilians and humanitarian workers."