His voice had the control and tone of the professional negotiator again.

"It looks like a psychiatrist is needed - professional negotiators from the special services who would calm them down," he said on Russian television tonight.

But let's go before a dozen professional negotiators descend on us.

But there are concerns that the case is dragging on too long because professional negotiators may have been brought in by an insurance company.

What is it the professional negotiators always say?

He is an experienced, professional negotiator and if both sides agree to arbitration then he would be the man involved.

If I lost my temper easily I wouldn't have been a professional negotiator.

The first is that the professional negotiator on the other side has precisely the same tactic, so it's hard to use it productively.

As a matter of fact, I made arrangements to bring in a professional negotiator from our tactical unit.

We should also mention we brought in a professional negotiator; that will increase public confidence.