Stanislav Dmitrievsky, editor-in-chief of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society newspaper, "Pravozashchita" said via video-link that there was a "vicious circle": “Russian authorities are lying, EU representatives know that they are not told the truth...Russia knows that they know...but nothing changes".
J. Nordlander norādīja, ka vajadzīgi paralēli pasākumi — gan praktiska palīdzība, gan politisks un diplomātisks spiediens.