October 1993. Chronicle of the coup. The 4th of October. Fourteenth day of confrontation.

09.45. A column of armored vehicles consisting of eight BMP-2s approached the barricade at the Novoarbatsky Bridge, and 15 minutes later turned around and went back. All equipment belongs to the Taman division. The shooting outside the White House intensifies.
The fire in the Moscow City Hall, which continues on the lower floors, is not being put out. Trading in interbank loans through the Cash Union has been temporarily suspended. This is the second Russian financial market in terms of transaction volumes. The office of the Cash Union is located in the city hall building on Novy Arbat. Due to the cessation of operations in the “short money” market of the Cash Union, dozens of commercial banks may suffer losses due to the temporary collapse of one of the most liquid financial markets in Russia. The Central Bank today began a special week to repay 30-year bonds in the previously established manner.
In a state of emergency, settlement transactions between commercial banks are carried out through cash settlement centers in the usual manner. At the same time, due to the state of emergency, a special regime is being established for the safety of valuables. Thus, the transportation of cash from the RCC will be carried out only in case of emergency. The Central Bank calls on commercial banks to strengthen the regime for the safety of valuables.

09.45. Individual defenders of the White House began to surrender. The assault on the White House continues. There are cases of individuals leaving the White House and surrendering. There are wounded, the healthy defenders of the dissolved parliament have their hands tied, and they are in the rear of the military until further notice.
Near the White House, the troops began to use loudspeakers through which the text was broadcast: “Drop your weapons, surrender. Otherwise, you will be destroyed.”

09.50. In the area of ​​the Dorogomilovskaya outpost, 12 infantry fighting vehicles are moving along Kutuzovsky Prospekt in the direction of the White House. One of the tanks located on the Borodino Bridge was fired from a grenade launcher or anti-tank missile. The tanks responded by opening fire on the White House.
Trading in privatization checks on the Central Russian Universal Exchange developed dramatically. Before the start of trading, brokers listened to Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" and expressed solidarity with the policies of Russian President Boris Yeltsin.
However, brokers' behavior in the first half of trading was unusually cautious. Our early reports were confirmed - the demand for privatization vouchers fell sharply, and in the first half of the trading session, the cash rate of the voucher fell by more than 1,000 rubles, reaching the nominal level. In the afternoon the situation on the Central Russian Universal Exchange began to change for the better.
An important factor in the change in the mood of brokers was the announcement of the results of trading in US dollars on the MICEX, where the dollar rose by only two rubles to 1,168 rubles. As a result, at the end of the trading day, the cash rate of the check won back most of the morning fall and closed at the level of 10,900 rubles. The average rate at the end of today's trading was 10,884 rubles for cash. At the same time, the sales volume of vouchers on the Central Russian Universal Exchange was negligible, amounting to only 3,923 pieces. As has become traditional in conditions of instability, brokers transferred a significant part of transactions with vouchers to foreign exchange transactions. 10,942 vouchers were sold for US dollars at an average rate of $8.84. Thus, voucher speculators continue to expect a possible depreciation of the ruble against the US dollar this week.
The Emission Syndicate, which began placing the 20th series of bank bills, the manager of which is the Russian Brokerage House, noted the calm of small investors. Bills of exchange are purchased without a rush, while the reset of bills of old series is practically not carried out.
The Central Bank has canceled trading in government short-term bonds today. The official reason for the cancellation of the auction has not yet been reported. As it became known from a source in the Central Bank, Neglinnaya fears sharp and uncontrollable fluctuations in the rate of government short-term bonds due to political instability in the country.

09.55. Helicopters appeared over the White House again. In the area of ​​the Dorogomilovskaya outpost along Kutuzovsky Prospekt, 12 infantry fighting vehicles are moving in the direction of the White House, observers from the city defense headquarters report.

10.00. The roof of the White House was fired from a helicopter, causing several fires.
According to some unconfirmed reports, Alexander Rutskoi is trying to contact Boris Yeltsin for negotiations. St. Andrew's flag still flies on the White House flagpole.

10.05. People are fleeing the White House. According to an observer at the city defense headquarters located on the fifth floor of the Mir Hotel, at 9.50 seven armored personnel carriers were firing from Devyatinsky Lane. People in groups of 5-6 people (among them there are wounded) are walking through the stadium in the direction of Konyushevsky Lane from the White House building and mingling with the crowd of onlookers on the other side of the stadium.

10.10. The first floor of the White House caught fire. Helicopters are patrolling over the building of the House of Soviets. The fire from the armored personnel carriers is intensifying.

10.15. According to an observer at the city's defense headquarters, located on the fifth floor of the Mir Hotel, a machine gunner is firing from this hotel at journalists gathered at the American embassy. Helicopters simulating an attack on the White House were fired from a large-caliber machine gun from the building.

10.20. The tanks marched along Kalininsky Prospekt, pushing aside the watering machines standing in the barrier, and reached the White House.

10.30. The firefight around the parliament building intensified sharply. Armored vehicles are constantly maneuvering in front of the building, and tanks continue to fire intensely. Black smoke rises from the windows of the White House. A fire broke out on the roof of the 7th floor, from where single fire was being fired from small arms and grenade launchers.
According to some reports, Alexander Rutskoy agreed to leave the White House building with a white flag. According to information from military sources, the first two floors are occupied by troops loyal to the president. The fighting is taking place in the area of ​​the 3-4 floors of the building. All the windows on the Krasnopresnenskaya embankment side were broken.
A fairly large number of onlookers have gathered on both sides of the river and do not leave.

10.40. As the press service of the State Emergency Committee of Russia reported, all departmental emergency rescue units have been put on alert. Industrial facilities and life support systems of the city are heavily guarded. In the capital, in addition to ambulances, there are teams from the Red Cross and the Emergency Medicine Center. Field kitchens have been set up on Vasilievsky Spusk, people are given tea and light food. A field hospital should be deployed in the next half hour.

10.40. Tanks are hitting the White House with direct fire. A few minutes ago, a foreign correspondent was killed by a shot from the White House on the 9th floor of "Ukraine". A crowd of curious people gathered on the bridge across the Moscow River, idly watching the battle. The shooting intensifies.
Chairman of the Board of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Viktor Gerashchenko, who is in Japan to prepare for the visit of the Russian President to this country, today interrupted his trip and is returning to Moscow.

10.40. The defenders of the House of Soviets, numbering 70-100 people, attempted to break through towards the Sovintsentr. At the moment, shooting can be heard near the Ulitsa 1905 Goda metro station and in the park opposite. Snipers from the database have occupied the roofs of nearby buildings and are conducting targeted fire. The House of Soviets is completely blocked.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Vyacheslav Kostikov issued a statement saying: “The troops leading the attack on the building of the House of Soviets have orders to act in such a way as to avoid as much as possible casualties among civilians still held hostage in the building. The task of the units is, "who surrounded the building of the former Supreme Council - to force the militants holed up in the building through a show of force to stop resistance, surrender their weapons and vacate the premises. As soon as this condition is met, hostilities around the building can be stopped."

10.40. A large group of supporters of President Yeltsin (about 8 thousand people) is located near the Mossovet building on Tverskaya. Many are holding state flags and posters in their hands; the situation is generally calm. Most stores are closed, and the Pizza Hut restaurant is also closed. The rally participants living in nearby houses organized the distribution of hot food. A Red Cross point has also been organized to help victims, if any.

10.45. Rare shooting from automatic weapons has been observed near the Ostankino television center. The firefight is taking place between the Interior Ministry groups that came at night to protect the television center, and individual Makashov militants hiding in Ostankino Park behind the Sheremetyevsky Palace. Now the park is being combed and terrorists are caught. The television center is reliably protected by machine gunners and 11 armored personnel carriers located in front of the entrance. The corner of the television center (Olympic building) has been torn apart by grenade launchers and is smoking slightly.

10.53. About 10 people ran out of the White House (the corner facing the CMEA). They advance in dashes. Everyone is in civilian clothes. Probably journalists. There is a wounded (or wounded) person.

10.55. By decision of the city defense headquarters, detachments were formed to close the newspapers "Russky Vestnik", "Put", "Pravda", "Soviet Russia", "Workers' Tribune", "Krasnaya Presnya", as well as the headquarters of the Union of Officers. The groups range from 20 to 60 people. Buses with each group departed 20 minutes ago to the given addresses.
Regarding the newspaper “Den,” a member of the headquarters, who asked not to be named, said: “It’s better to let the police figure it out.”
11.00. Security at the Constitutional Court building has been strengthened. The security officers standing at the entrance to the CS building were armed with machine guns and put on body armor. Only one entrance is open. Entry into the building is strictly limited. Even correspondents are not allowed in. The garage on Begovaya Street, which serves the CS, refuses employees to order cars.
Inside the building itself, there are rumors among employees that an order to leave the premises will soon be received.
At a meeting of the Constitutional Conference, Constitutional Court judge Tamara Morschyakova proposed to reconsider the decision of the Constitutional Court in the case on the constitutionality of the resolution of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation of March 29, 1993 “On the All-Russian referendum on April 25, 1993, the procedure for holding its results and the mechanism for implementing the results of the referendum.”
According to Tamara Morschyakova, the Constitutional Court must recognize that the counting of votes in the referendum, carried out in the manner established by the said resolution, did not correspond either to the current law or to the genuine expression of the will of the people. And the people’s opinion expressed at the referendum on the need to hold early parliamentary elections has now been repeatedly confirmed in the decisions of almost all existing government bodies and numerous public structures.

“The Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation considered it possible in his statement on September 22 to proclaim that he considers early elections a legitimate way out of the current crisis situation. I believe that the decision of the Constitutional Court on the issue of a referendum, in light of all subsequent developments of events, should be disavowed, because it was this decision that deprived the process of constitutional development in the country, the opportunity to use its undoubtedly legitimate basis - the directly expressed will of the people, who spoke out already in April 1993 for the re-election of people's deputies of the Russian Federation,” said Tamara Morschyakova.
According to Article 53 of the Law on the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the Constitutional Court has the right to review its previously adopted decisions. Tamara Morschyakova's proposal is included as the second item on the agenda of the CC meeting. In addition, Tamara Morschyakova called on the Constitutional Court to immediately begin considering the issue of the constitutionality of the actions and decisions of senior officials of the Russian Federation, as well as legal acts of the Tenth Extraordinary Congress of People's Deputies and the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, adopted starting from September 21, 1993. Among them is the decision to appoint an acting President of the Russian Federation, on personnel appointments in the government, on additions to the criminal code.

11.05. There is a crowd of people on the Krasnopresnensky Bridge. Police officers are unsuccessfully trying to persuade people to disperse.

11.05. The paratroopers landed on the 5th floor of the White House. As Captain First Rank Semin reported to the city defense headquarters, the paratroopers entered the battle.
Tanks are firing from the bridge. They have already shot one round of ammunition, a new one has been delivered. The main damage was at the base of the building and the first floor of the White House.
The headquarters of the Taman division leading the assault is located at the Shevchenko monument near the Ukraine Hotel. There are wounded among the division's military personnel. The White House defenders launched a counterattack with four armored personnel carriers, one of which was hit, and the second, presumably, too.

A telephone survey of 1,600 Muscovites was conducted today by the Public Opinion Foundation from 6 to 11 am. As the Foundation reported to RIA, only one question was asked: “Whom do you personally support - President Boris Yeltsin or the Supreme Council?” The answers were distributed as follows: 72% of respondents supported the president, 9% - the parliament. 19% of Muscovites refused to answer. An appeal to the President of the Russian Federation to prevent the shedding of blood and the withdrawal of troops from Moscow was adopted at a meeting of members of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and representatives of the Councils of the Subjects of the Federation, which took place in the morning in the building of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. It was attended by representatives of 25 Russian regions, including from Kalmykia, Novosibirsk, Voronezh, Murmansk, and Moscow Soviets. The representative of the Kemerovo Council of People's Deputies Aman Tuleyev, for unknown reasons, was unable to make it to the meeting. Ramazan Abdulatipov was present from the Supreme Council, dissolved by decree of the President of the Russian Federation.
Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation Valery Zorkin announced the creation of a centrist coalition, including the Constitutional Court. Councils of the subjects of the Federation and the Moscow Patriarchate.

11.10. Representatives of the Constitutional Court and the Patriarchate tried to contact V. Chernomyrdin and A. Rutsky a second time, but the second time there was no response from the Prime Minister, and it was not possible to contact A. Rutsky.

11.10. The upper floors of the Moscow City Hall building are smoking.
Glass was broken in the upper floors of the World Trade Center. There is an assumption that snipers - supporters of the former Supreme Council - settled there.

11.15. There is a regrouping of government troops in the White House area. Within an hour, the defenders of the White House must decide: either accept the ultimatum to surrender, or continue resistance. Negotiations with the White House on behalf of the government and the president were led by First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Shumeiko.

11.20. The shooting near the White House gradually subsides, only single shots are heard. Apparently, this is due to the fact that Alexander Rutskoi asked for an audience with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin.

11.25. Intense artillery fire resumed near the White House. Apparently tanks are firing at the White House.
By this time in Moscow, according to the Main Medical Directorate, city hospitals have already provided assistance to 192 victims, 158 people have been hospitalized, 16 will be treated as outpatients, 18 have died. No one is counting the wounded who are being received at the moment.

11.30. On the Novoarbatsky Bridge, where the number of onlookers is constantly increasing, four tanks have already taken positions. They shoot at the upper floors of the building. The main target is the 13th floor, where General Achalov's defense headquarters is located. Almost all the windows on this floor were broken.
There are also a lot of broken windows on the side of Freedom Square, and black smoke is coming out of some. Armored personnel carriers fire at the building with heavy machine guns. At the Institute named after Sklifosovsky constantly receives wounded.

11.40. The newspapers "Soviet Russia" and "Workers' Tribune" are closed. According to a message from a messenger from one of the detachments of the city defense headquarters, there are police squads with machine guns in the newspaper offices.
The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation has completed a meeting at which the situation in Moscow was discussed. After the meeting, Valery Zorkin told reporters that morning and night the Constitutional Court, together with the Patriarchate, through negotiations with Alexander Rutsky and Viktor Chernomyrdin, tried to do everything possible to prevent bloodshed. However, this was not achieved. According to V. Zorkin, at present we are talking about preventing the situation from spreading to the regions.
When asked whether he hopes that the storming of the White House can still be stopped, V. Zorkin replied: “Now I don’t know how to do it, but I think it’s never too late to try.” According to V. Zorkin, it is necessary to find mediators to whom both sides would listen, but for this it is necessary to at least establish contact with the White House. V. Zorkin once again emphasized that if the storming of the White House cannot be stopped, then everything must be done to prevent the situation in Moscow from spreading to the regions.

President of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov told reporters: “In order to prevent a fire, the constituent entities of the federation can form a living ring around the White House.” And he is personally ready to do this. "Now there is no need to look for those to blame, we just need to do everything to stop the bleeding. Today the White House will be drowned out by tanks and helicopters, and tomorrow - all the regions. Today the White House is behind barbed wire, tomorrow - Kalmykia, the day after tomorrow - all of Russia. At the end of the 20th century "It is unacceptable to solve political problems with tanks and helicopters. I do not understand the position of the West supporting this massacre," said K. Ilyumzhinov.
He also believes that what is happening in Moscow is a political showdown, which they persistently try to present as a struggle between democracy and communism. K. Ilyumzhinov said that the constituent entities of the federation, whose informal meeting is now taking place in the Constitutional Court, are ready to act as a guarantor of stability in this situation.

Participants in the meeting of the subjects of the federation sent a telegram to the president and the prime minister, in which they insisted on an immediate ceasefire and negotiations, and also asked that the president and the prime minister immediately receive representatives of the subjects of the federation.
As the head of the press service of the Russian government, Valentin Sergeev, told reporters, the information about negotiations allegedly conducted by telephone through intermediaries between Viktor Chernomyrdin and Ruslan Khasbulatov does not correspond to reality.
V. Sergeev said that the government will not make any concessions. The only condition for resolving the conflict may be the unconditional surrender of the White House. At the same time, the White House is making attempts to contact the government through intermediaries.

11.43. The battle from the White House spread to the Sovintsentre, the street is being shelled with mortars. Rutskist snipers have settled on the roofs of nearby houses and government soldiers are trying to take them down. The shootings near the White House became more intense.
“FNPR considers the actions of armed extremist groups that provoked bloody clashes in Moscow criminal.” This is stated in a statement by the executive committee of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia.
The Executive Committee of the FNPR Council called on member organizations and labor collectives to remain calm and not succumb to extremist calls. “Order and legality in the capital must be restored,” the statement emphasizes. “Only under these conditions is it possible to hold free elections. The problem of power must be resolved through the expression of the will of the people.”

12.00. A large group of people (up to 4 thousand people) broke through the barricade on the Novoarbatsky Bridge from the Krasnopresnenskaya embankment and came out to the square on the approaches to Free Russia Square. Riot police with shields are urgently arriving there. Among those who broke through there were wounded.
The 15th floor of the White House building on the Krasnopresnenskaya Square side is on fire. The fire is also observed from the side of Free Russia Square.
According to the emergency doctor, there are many wounded civilians on the second floor of the building who are afraid to go outside. Ambulances arrived at the area.

Shooting broke out in Devyatinsky Lane, near the US Embassy building. Unknown people opened fire from the roofs in the alley and on the Garden Ring. Passers-by threw themselves to the ground.
Airborne combat vehicles advanced to the Garden Ring and returned fire on the roofs. The landing force, as well as riot police and police, with the support of one of the armored vehicles, moved down Devyatinsky Lane towards the White House,
According to received information, some of the defenders of the White House broke through the cordon ring with weapons in their hands and rushed into the city.
Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy P is in his residence. He is able to move, there is no threat to his life, although the day before he had a moderate attack of angina pectoris, the Moscow Patriarchate explained.

12.00. Statement of the Moscow Federation of Trade Unions: “Gloomy forecasts for the deepening of the political crisis in Russia, unfortunately, have come true. The civil war is knocking on our homes, not in words, but in deeds. The blood of citizens, riot police officers and police has been shed on the streets of the city. The severity and severity of the political conflict once again fell on the shoulders of Muscovites and workers of the capital. We appeal to the warring parties, the leaders of the country and the city: to provide, as soon as possible, the necessary conditions for the peaceful life of citizens, stop the bloodshed and eliminate the facts of gross violence. We appeal to all Muscovites and labor collectives with a request "observe prudence and restraint, do not succumb to extremist provocations. Let's stop the civil war in Moscow!"

12.00. The Ostankino television company resumes broadcasting. The resistance of the attackers was suppressed at 7.00. The television center building is reliably guarded by armored personnel carriers and forces of the division named after. Dzerzhinsky. Access to the territory adjacent to the television center is still closed.
Group of people's deputies convened 1990-1995. made an appeal to her colleagues in the deputy corps located in the White House.
“The rabid adherents of Soviet totalitarianism have stained society with blood and bandit pogroms,” the appeal says. “Innocent blood is being shed in the name of adventuristic ambitions. Our children, relatives and friends are in danger. Our Fatherland is in danger.”
“The time for long discussions has been exhausted. It’s time to make decisions,” the appeal further states.
The deputies called on their colleagues to join the demand: to stop those who are pushing them and the entire society towards a fratricidal war.
Among those who signed the appeal are Mikhail Seslavinsky, Anatoly Shabad, Vladimir Varov and others.

12.10. According to the Moscow Metro information desk, the train schedule has not been disrupted. The sections "Bagrationovskaya" - "Alexandrovsky Garden", "Park Kultury" - "Belorusskaya" are closed; the stations "Ulitsa 1905 Goda" and "Barrikadnaya" are not open for entry and exit. Of the three Kyiv stations, only the one on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line is operational.
The achieved level of relations between Russia and the United States can be considered as a successful implementation of the results of the summit talks in Vancouver, the results of the Tokyo meeting of the heads of the leading world powers, as well as subsequent contacts between the leadership of our countries. This is stated in the greeting that Russian President Boris Yeltsin sent to participants in the joint year-end meeting of members of the Council for Trade and Economic Cooperation and the US-Russian Business Council.
Boris Yeltsin expressed confidence that a peaceful and democratic Russia, free from totalitarianism, is capable of becoming an equal partner of the United States in mutually beneficial trade and economic cooperation. “Russia and the United States have the most powerful scientific, technical and industrial potential in the world,” the message says. “In the new historical conditions, our interaction must be built in the most diverse and broad forms.”

During the storming of the White House, representatives of the gangster armed groups located there announced their intention to release hostages from among the military and police officers captured during the latest clashes. This is stated in a statement from the press center of the Moscow City Hall.
But this turned out to be another provocation, revealing the fascist methods of the red-browns, it is noted further. When trying to approach the White House building in order to remove prisoners, including the wounded, from the fire zone, representatives of the Russian armed forces and law enforcement agencies were fired upon with automatic weapons. This again shows that the so-called "defenders" of the White House lack the concepts of humanity, dignity and honor. These are people who have lost their human form, the statement says.
The capital's mayor's office once again called on Muscovites not to be near the battle zone and not to put their lives in danger.

12.30. The White House defenders began to leave. Government troops attacking the White House ask the besieged to cease fire and come out with their hands up. Negotiations for a ceasefire are currently underway. The end of the negotiations is scheduled for 13:30. The troops are calling for vigilance in connection with possible provocations. The hunt for snipers continues at the Sovintsentr. One riot policeman was killed, two were wounded. One civilian was also killed. Two snipers have already been captured.
In connection with the tragic events in Moscow, Inkombank decided to allocate 1 billion rubles and create the Fund for Assistance to Victims and the Fund for Eliminating the Consequences of the Events of October 3-4. “To everyone who cares about the fate of our Fatherland,” the bank offers to transfer funds to the specified funds.

12.30. As reported in the information desk of Moscow stations, the train schedule, both to and from the capital, has not been disrupted.
Preparations for Boris Yeltsin's visit to Japan continue, and so far there is no reason to talk about postponing it to a later date. Correspondents were informed about this by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the press service of the President of the Russian Federation. According to information received from the Department of Information and Press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the ministry is operating as usual.
The Central Committee of the Red Cross Society of the Russian Federation issued the following appeal: “The Russian Red Cross Society appeals to all citizens of Russia, people of good will, regardless of their political beliefs, racial and social affiliation, religion... The Russian Red Cross Society, remaining faithful to the fundamental principles of the international Red Cross The Cross, fulfilling the mission entrusted to it by international humanitarian law, is ready to come to the aid of those in need, to be an impartial mediator in the current situation and to provide all possible humanitarian assistance to the victims of the conflict.
At the same time, the Russian Red Cross Society protests against flagrant violations of international humanitarian law and, first of all, against the detention of medical personnel and the taking of hostages. We demand their immediate release without any conditions..."

12.30. Near the Ukraina Hotel, snipers from houses in the White House area killed 2 people in civilian clothes. Five minutes later, a special-purpose platoon of the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate set off on a mission to destroy the snipers.
The head of the press service of the Russian government, Valentin Sergeev, told reporters that from 12:15 to 12:30 the shelling of the White House would stop so that at that time its defenders would leave the building and surrender their weapons. Then the ultimatum to those in the White House was extended until 12:50.

12.30. After the start of negotiations, shooting continues near the White House. Queues are heard from the embankment, shooting is heard near the International Exhibition Complex, near the ship on Krasnopresnenskaya embankment. At 12:35, the following text was heard on the radio: “Just returned from there: as they say, it’s better to see once. Full paragraph, when someone steps on mines in the rooms of the White House, the walls simply fly out in pieces.”
The National Patriotic Front "Memory" issued a statement saying that some media are trying to link the name of the NPF to the actions of the rebels. The NPF declares that it has nothing to do with the “communist-Nazi lawlessness” and warns that in the future the front will be forced to file lawsuits against all attempts to link the NPF “Pamyat” to the actions of the rebels.
The statement says that the NPF "Pamyat", as before, stands for strong presidential power. “We, as citizens of Great Russia, demand from Russian President Boris Yeltsin to protect the interests of the state and the interests of the people.
Ruslan Khasbulatov, Alexander Rutskoi, and other leaders of today’s rebellion have placed themselves outside the law and thereby signed the verdict of History. They are national criminals and they must be punished mercilessly,” the NPF “Memory” said in a statement.

13.00. Near Leningradsky Prospekt, in front of the entrance to the Pravda publishing complex, a group of about 50 Cossacks under the tricolor Russian flag are demanding admission to the building. The Cossacks are trying to close the newspaper.
The entire zone in this area is blocked by armed people, the 5th street of Yamskoye Pole is blocked by trucks containing people in military uniform and civilian clothes. These units guard Russian television.
Buses with supporters of Boris Yeltsin arrive at the bridge near the Begovaya metro station, and they depart in columns on foot under the tricolor Russian flags to the area of ​​the Krasnopresnenskaya metro station.
A convoy of buses carrying military personnel proceeded along Tverskoy Boulevard towards Novy Arbat. Judging by the license plates, she arrived from the Tver region.
At about 13.00 the wounded began to be carried out of the parliament building. Riot police are actively pushing out onlookers from the Novoarbatsky Bridge.

13.00. The ceasefire at the White House has been extended, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Federation Viktor Chernomyrdin said at a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Grant Bagratyan. Thus, the defenders of the building were given another half hour to leave the building without weapons.
As Viktor Chernomyrdin stated, several people have already left the White House. According to him, “there is no need for senseless bloodshed.”

13.00. At a rally near the Moscow City Council building, it was announced that the ultimatum had been extended by 6 minutes. During this time, the defenders of the database must leave the building without weapons and with their hands raised.

13.00. The headquarters of the Taman division, located in four armored personnel carriers, changed its location.

13.05 . A company with the emblems of the special forces of the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate took up a combat position on the approaches to the White House.
Work is underway to identify snipers. Snipers located on the roof of building 12 on the street. Tchaikovsky is not allowed to pass by a column of government troops heading to the White House. Another unit is pinned down by a sniper on Mantulinskaya Street, not far from the WTC. A delegation of representatives of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation is sent with a white flag from the building of the Constitutional Court to the White House. The delegation includes heads of administrations and chairmen of regional councils. The delegation is sent there with a humanitarian mission - to remove the wounded and injured. According to them, the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Yuvenaly, is also going there with the same mission.

13.05. Government troops have seized six floors of the White House, and a fire continues in the upper floors. The fire in the city hall building has been extinguished.

13.10. The order was given to block the Garden Ring in the area of ​​Kalininsky Prospekt. The troops intend to use buses for this purpose.
4 tanks located on the bridge near the Ukraine Hotel prepared to open fire. Guardsmen of the Taman Division cleared the Borodino Bridge of civilians.
Representatives of the Taman division headquarters refused to comment on their actions. At a press conference at the joint press center of the president and government, Dmitry Volkogonov, deputy head of the task force to suppress the insurrection, said that Abdulatipov, Ispravnikov and Sokolov had left the White House. “It was a sobering moment,” he said. “We ceased fire several times, giving the rebels the opportunity to capitulate, but they wanted new negotiations.
However, we did not agree to any conditions - only complete surrender and surrender to the hands of justice. Now we are not just suppressing a rebellion - we are suppressing a civil war in its infancy. And not just a civil war of the Yugoslav version, but a war in a nuclear country."
As D. Volkogonov stated, for those who want to surrender, it is enough to throw out the white flag, raise their hands and throw down their weapons. “We understand,” Volkogonov said, “that many were unable to leave the database, including journalists, and in these conditions no one can guarantee their complete safety, but still, everything possible will be done for those who are not participating in the rebellion.” .
Dmitry Volkogonov said that small forces were used to suppress the rebellion. For example, from the Kantemirovskaya division there are only about 700 people and 10 tanks. According to him, the delay in suppressing the rebellion occurred because the presidential side sought to minimize losses of Russian soldiers and citizens, and so far this has been successful. According to Volkogonov, the rebel losses are high.
The head of the presidential administration, Sergei Filatov, said at a press conference that the rebels agreed to complete surrender. According to him, since yesterday's negotiation process was used by the opposing side to prepare for a rebellion, it will be suppressed with all the severity that the authorities should be capable of. S. Filatov noted that yesterday the presidential side experienced some relaxation caused by the negotiations. In addition, the presidential side had obligations to the Patriarch. “For us it was a trap on the part of former deputies; some of the blame for the blood and pain remains with us,” Filatov said.
According to the head of the presidential administration, the cleansing of Moscow from all kinds of criminal elements and armed persons has begun. A curfew may be introduced in Moscow for some time.
Sergei Filatov denied the information that Vladimir Shumeiko signed a document introducing censorship. “But such a document was being prepared,” he said.
According to Filatov, all representatives of the constituent entities of the federation ask the president to end the bloodshed in Moscow as soon as possible so that “the infection of the civil war does not spread throughout Russia.”
The head of the administration said that, according to the presidential decree, all deputies, including the Moscow City Council, were deprived of parliamentary immunity, since they used it to the detriment of the safety of citizens.

13.25. The commander of one of the regiments of the Taman division, parts of which are now located in the building of the Mir Hotel, drew the attention of correspondents to the fact that in the parking lot between the mayor's office and the White House, teenage looters are opening cars, stealing some of them, and removing batteries and wheels from others and other details. In addition, due to the poor organization of the work of the riot police, young people penetrate into this same area and seek to take possession of weapons left by the dead and wounded or simply abandoned.

13.25. Four of his defenders emerged from the White House with their hands raised, accompanied by riot police. Then they began to come out in large groups. Riot police escort them to a nearby crowd of people and release them. Only one of the defenders, dressed in camouflage uniform, was detained.

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