"Prime Minister Musayev, if you don't recognize me, look hard at my face and you'll understand." "General Vasilly Topov was not only my father, he was my comrade, my leader in battle." "And now his fight for the liberation of Pasalan is my own." "His army is under my command, and I will stop at nothing to make his dreams become reality." "Prime Minister Musayev, we have occupied the Chernobyl nuclear power plant." "The abandoned city surrounding the complex is under our control." "No longer can we be ignored." "Now, we are the occupiers." "Any attempt to penetrate its borders will be met with fierce resistance." "The reactor has been rigged with explosives." "Detonators have been set to 72 hours." "Should our demands go unanswered, they will go off." "Such an explosion would produce a radiation cloud 100 times stronger than the bombs dropped on Japan." "We call for the imminent release of all 227 political prisoners you've held captive." "We call for the complete and total independence of Pasalan." "Nothing less will be deemed acceptable." "Prime Minister Musayev, this fight is not only about country and politics, it is about blood." "Mine and now yours." "We have your children." "Should you ignore my demands they will be the first to go." "I urge you to act responsibly." "We ask only to be free, as you would want your children to be free." "I empathize with your father." "I know how he feels." "You only hope for your family to be safe." "And when they are not you carry it with you like a cancer." "Unlike me, he can change this." "I would rather die than see my father give in to you." "And so it may be, for all of us." "He's going to do as he threatens, you know." "Are you listening to me?" "I have to address the country in an hour." "I can't discuss this with you right now." "You are not alone in this." "You think I don't know this?" "Sending in troops was the act of a desperate man." "That frightens me." "They've left me with no choice." "Yes they have." "Is it right to sacrifice others' children but not our own?" "And what then?" "What is proved?" "I am obliged to think beyond myself." "Beyond our son and daughter." "Obliged to what?" "Your image in history?" "If you allow something to happen to them," "I will never forgive you." "As the leader of a nation in crisis, my decisions have been dictated by a single principle:" "to serve the common good of the people, no matter what might be sacrificed in the process." "While pride demands aggression be met with aggression, humanity depends on diplomatic and peaceful conflict resolution." "It is therefore the responsibility of those in positions of power to question any hard line policy that threatens survival as we know it." "Therefore, I have authorized the release of 110 prisoners in exchange for immediate deactivation of the detonator at Chernobyl reactor three." "Over the next 48 hours all troops will stand down in ceasefire mode, as the terms of exchange are implemented." "The remaining prisoners will then be released in exchange for the hostages."