State Duma Meeting: Zhirinovsky Allegations
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This verbatim record of the State Duma meeting on September 17, 1999, documents a significant confrontation where Vladimir Zhirinovsky accuses Chairman Gennadiy Seleznyov of premature knowledge regarding the apartment bombings. Zhirinovsky alleges that on Monday, September 13, Seleznyov informed the Duma that a house in Volgodonsk had been blown up, even though the actual explosion did not occur until Thursday, September 16. Zhirinovsky characterizes this as a 'provocation' and questions why the Rostov region administration was unaware of such a report three days early. The session also covers the postponement of a 'government hour' on Transnistria due to the absence of Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov. Additionally, the document mentions civil unrest in Krasnoyarsk involving OMON and General Aleksandr Lebed, as well as management disputes at Transneft.
Events
- 1999-09-09 - Moscow apartment bombing kills 106 people. Guryanova Street. Just after midnight
- 1999-09-13 - Duma speaker Gennadiy Seleznyov announces Volgodonsk bomb 3 days early