Puchkov Station Response to Kovalyov
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This 2002 letter from the Chief Physician of the A.S. Puchkov Station for Emergency and Urgent Medical Care serves as an official response to an inquiry by State Duma Deputy Sergei Adamovich Kovalyov, a leading figure in the investigation into the 1999 apartment bombings. The document confirms that the station received a report of an explosive device at Borisovskiye Prudy st., 16, bldg. 2 on September 13, 1999, at 14:09, resulting in the dispatch of ambulance crews. Conversely, the medical station reports having no record of any information or calls regarding terrorist threats or explosives in the Kapotnya district of Moscow. Chief Physician I.S. Elkis also outlines the station's data retention policy, stating that both electronic and paper call records are kept for three years. This correspondence provides administrative verification of medical response timings during the period of the Moscow bombings.
Events
- 1999-09-13 - After tip-off, Police find further bombs in Moscow - Borisovskie Prudy and Kapotnya