BRIAN NELSON, CNN ANCHOR: An American aid worker tells CNN that he's looking forward to going home after spending nearly a month held hostage in Chechnya. The New Yorker was pulled out of his car by masked gunman on the 9th of January and it was snatched back Saturday night by Russian authorities. CNN's Steve Harrigan picks up the details.</s>STEVE HARRIGAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): After being seized by masked gunmen and held hostage nearly a month in Chechnya, an American aide worker, Kenny Gluck, was freed in what the Russians say was a special operation by their intelligence service, BFSB. Gluck said he was in good health after the ordeal.</s>KENNY GLUCK, DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS (through translator): They didn't beat me or touch me; I will be glad to go home.</s>HARRIGAN: Kidnapping for ransom is becoming epidemic in the break away Republic of Chechnya -- Russians have been fighting a war for more than a year. The 38-year-old Gluck, a New York native, worked for MSF, Medecins Sans Frontieres; distributing free medical aid to civilians. The Russians say they were able to free him without firing a shot or paying any money.</s>ALEXANDER ZDANOVICH, RUSSIAN FED. SECURITY SERVICE: No ransom was paid. Not one.</s>HARRIGAN: Since the kidnapping, the United Nations, the European Union, and MSF have all suspended aid operations in Chechnya, leaving tens of thousands of refugees without international assistance. Steve Harrigan, CNN, Moscow.
MSF Aid Worker Freed from Chechnya