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  The Black Widows 9 September 2004  
Anne Nivat reports on the women who have become Chechen terrorists

Anne Nivat, author of  Chiennes de Guerre: A woman reporter behind the scenes of the war in Chechnya is a Moscow correspondent for the French daily Liberation. She talks to Jenni about the 'Black Widows' - the name given by the Russian public to the Chechen female terrorists.
 
Chienne De Guerre: A Woman Reporter Behind the Lines of the War in Chechnya by Anne Nivat is published by Public Affairs, ISBN 1586480448


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