 According to claims made by Sergey Govorukhin and published in the Russian newspaper "Gazeta", approximately 35,000 ethnic Russian civilians were killed by Russian forces operating in Chechnya, most of them during the bombardment of Grozny.In the Khasav-Yurt Accord, both sides agreed to an "all for all" exchange of prisoners to be carried out at the end of the war.However, despite this commitment, many persons remained forcibly detained.