disappeared_status article_title employer name occupation
currently missing disappearance of ali astamirov
 agence france presse ali astamirov television and print journalist
disappearance of ali astamirov

disappearance of ali astamirov -lrb- ca. 1969 -rrb- is about the chechen journalist , who was working for agence france presse in ingushetia , russia , bordering chechnya , when he was kidnapped at gunpoint by a group of three , uniformed , masked men on 4 july 2003 , just outside of nazran .
this was during the second chechen war .
