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WHO IS WRITING THE HELLISH SCENARIO?

Analysis of both explosions—on Kashirka and on Guryanova Street—showed that they are almost completely identical.

• Explosive Composition: A TNT-RDX mixture (preliminary expert conclusion).
• Explosion Power: Approximately the same in TNT equivalent—200–300 kilograms.
• Tactic: Planting explosives long before the terrorist act.

According to Russian special services personnel, this is characteristic exclusively of secret services not accustomed to saving money.

There is no doubt that the two explosions were prepared by the same group of people. Both stores ("Furniture" on Kashirka and a construction store on Guryanova Street) were rented by the same person—according to documents, Mukhit Nazirovich Laipanov, born in 1964. By the way, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Rushailo stated yesterday that this person died in a car accident back in February, and another person is using his documents.

Mechanics of the Explosion on Kashirskoye Highway

The mechanics of the explosion on Kashirskoye Highway also support the version of special services involvement. It followed the scenario of so-called "sparing" (paradoxical as it sounds) terrorist attacks—only one building was affected. Only professionals, of whom there are only 50–60 in Russia, can so accurately calculate the required charge power when blowing up single-entrance buildings. The fact is that the load-bearing structures in single-entrance buildings are located in a small area, and for the complete destruction of the building, they must be blown up simultaneously.

WHO IS WRITING THE HELLISH SCENARIO?

Who organized this monstrous crime? Along with the Chechen hypothesis, another one is now coming to the fore.

Security officials do not rule out that both explosions were ordered by one of the Russian financial-political groups and aimed at the complete destabilization of the situation in the country. The perpetrators hired by these people simply tried to disguise themselves as Chechens.

• Initial Assumption: The perpetrators could be former employees of Russian special services or employees of foreign secret agencies.
• Current Assessment: The possibility of using foreigners for these actions has been practically rejected. The point is that RDX mixtures were used only in the USSR. They are very "capricious" (they can explode on their own), and a professional, if not trained to work with RDX, would never risk using this particular explosive substance.

Will there be a third terrorist attack?

In Saturday's issue, "MK" already reported on a recording provided by a German radio station to the FSB, stating that three residential buildings would be blown up in Moscow.

• Initially, counterintelligence officers ignored this warning.
• Now, the Chekists have decided to check all capital stores that changed owners and closed several months ago.
• In addition, a version has already been voiced about sabotage groups of Chechen commander Khattab, allegedly preparing as many as 10 (!) such terrorist attacks in Moscow.

All these signals could turn out to be either the truth or disinformation. And for ordinary Muscovites, alas, only one thing remains—to wait for the third explosion.

Information Service.

Explosives found at unfinished cottages

Today 21.9.1999

A large amount of explosives was discovered yesterday afternoon in Moscow at a construction site of a cottage town on Tamanskaya Street. Around 15:40, the construction foreman, a former sapper, found a suspicious bundle with wires on the construction site, and a dog handler with a dog called to the scene confirmed the presence of explosives.

In the bundle, FSB bomb technicians found 1 kg of ammonal, wires, and an electric detonator. According to experts, the explosive device was not armed and was unlikely to explode.

DENIS BRATSKY