Russia is investigating reports one of its citizens was kidnapped in Syria after a video of the man pleading to be rescued was posted online, a report said Thursday. The video, posted on YouTube, shows a man who identifies himself as Russian citizen Sergei Gorbunov and asks Moscow to help free him.
He says his captors will release him in exchange for a Saudi national, but failing that, have threatened to kill him within five days. "I ask the presidents of Syria, Russia, the Red Cross... I am very afraid... I want to return to Russia. Help me," he says in lightly accented Russian. The Russian foreign ministry is investigating the video, which has been widely broadcast on television, a source told the Interfax news agency. "The information about the situation concerning Russian citizen Sergei Gorbunov in Syria is being checked by the Russian embassy in Damascus," the source said.
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