Tatyana Moskalkova also noted that the negotiations on the release of hostages had been difficult MINSK, April 11. /TASS/. The remaining seven Russian nationals from the Kursk Region, who were held as hostages in Ukraine’s Sumy Region, will return home on Saturday and they are already heading to Belarus, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said. "The remaining hostages from the Kursk Region will return to their homeland today. They left Ukraine and are heading towards Belarus.