October 1993. Chronicle of the coup. October 1st. Eleventh day of confrontation.

16.00. A message has been received about the arrival of employees of the Kursk Police School in Moscow, reports the temporary operational headquarters of the Moscow Council.

16.58. A rally has begun on Ilyich Square, in which about 200 people are participating, the temporary operational headquarters of the Moscow Council reports.

17.00. Rally on Vosstaniya Square. No more than 1 thousand people. Half an hour later the meeting was dispersed. More than 2 thousand people gathered near the zoo. People began to be herded into the subway. Military units took part in the dispersal. It was not possible to disperse, the transport was launched, and people began to be separated into groups. At 18.30. the operation is over. Changeable outfits have been pulled up. The total number of troops has increased, compared to September 30 (there were 5 thousand), by no less than 20%, reports the temporary operational headquarters of the Moscow Soviet.

From 18.00. until 20.00. An evening meeting of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation took place. About 150 deputies were present; 160, according to information announced at the congress, work in the Krasnopresnensky District Council.
Information about the meeting of the constituent entities of the Federation in the building of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation has been made public. At 21.00. Ramazan Abdulatipov and Veniamin Sokolov did not return from the Federation Council. At the congress, a note from R. Abdulatipov was read: “I spoke with Chernomyrdin for an hour. I treated him to tea, it seems he can’t do anything more.” Victor Yugin arrived from St. Petersburg, reporting that the St. Petersburg army was neutral.
The Congress of People's Deputies, which opened its meeting on October 1, considered the results of negotiations between representatives of the Supreme Council and government representatives. Bishop Theophanes, who spoke, called on those present to renounce pride in the name of the unity of Russia and continue negotiations. Although Veniamin Sokolov argued that the signing of the protocol was, despite the abuse of power, a real shift and was in no way capitulatory, Ruslan Khasbulatov and Yuri Voronin, as well as other speakers, emphasized the inadmissibility of isolating the issue of weapons from the general list of problems. The congress, at the proposal of deputy Oleg Plotnikov, denounced the protocol and assigned First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council Yuri Voronin to lead the general negotiation process.
Yuri Voronin, speaking before the congress, said that “during the negotiation process, the movement of troops around the White House continued, and their number doubled. No negotiations are possible until the pressure is stopped.” Y. Voronin also noted that without preliminary negotiations on ensuring the functioning of the Supreme Council building without any conditions, without providing complete freedom of movement to deputies, staff members, journalists, without excluding physical pressure on them and without the withdrawal of troops from the White House building, it is impossible to approach negotiations on political issues.

The congress, as an instruction to the negotiating commission, approved an action plan for unblocking the House of Soviets, drawn up by Ruslan Khasbulatov and Alexander Rutsky. The negotiating commission includes Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court Valentin Agafonov, Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation Vladimir Isakov, chairmen of the chambers of the Supreme Court and a number of other deputies.
During and after the break of the evening meeting, an amateur concert of deputies took place, organized by Mikhail Chelnokov. Sergei Naumov sang the song “White House” with guitar, which R. Khasbulatov called “the informal anthem of the congress.” The rest of the concert participants also sang songs and read poetry.
According to those defending the White House, one of them died on October 1 - an old man who suffered an unexpected heart attack. The ambulance was not allowed to see him.

The acting chairman of the Union of Officers, Lieutenant Colonel Chernobrivko, stated that it was impossible to disarm, since in this case, half an hour after the surrender, the White House would be cleared by force. In addition, he noted that almost all weapons in hand are service weapons and belong to the security department. Disarmament can only be achieved if supporters of Russian President Boris Yeltsin are disarmed.
Ruslan Khasbulatov also noted that the congress does not yet demand the disarmament of the armed formations illegally created by Boris Yeltsin, in particular the presidential regiment, although it has every reason for this.
At the evening meeting of the Congress of People's Deputies, dissolved by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, Yuri Voronin said that “there is an agreement to create an expert group of three people from each side.” Experts must develop a mechanism to overcome armed confrontation. We are talking, as Voronin put it, about an “equal exchange option”: at the same time, troops are withdrawn from the White House building, and service weapons are stored inside the White House in the security department.
Y. Voronin said that his group at the negotiations put forward one more condition: by 12.00. On October 2, living conditions in the White House building must be fully ensured, the political and civil rights of people's deputies must be guaranteed, and free access for the press to the White House building must be opened.
The House of Soviets reported concern that two infantry fighting vehicles had been added to the 6 armored personnel carriers in the cordon.

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Kostikov issued a statement: “A group of political sectarians, calling themselves the Congress of People’s Deputies, rejected the agreement with the government signed at night. Through the fault of R. Khasbulatov and A. Rutsky, the negotiation process was interrupted, the field of possible compromise was sharply narrowed. “Congress” neglected the goodwill of the President and the peacemaking efforts of the Patriarch. It became obvious that the former leadership of the Supreme Council did not strive for a settlement, but used the occasion of negotiations for propaganda maneuvers.
The most irreconcilable wing of extremists has gained the upper hand in the White House, terrorizing deputies who are inclined to search for reasonable ways out of the situation that has developed around the building of the former Supreme Council. Deputies who disagree with the extremist position of the leadership are threatened with physical harm. The refusal to surrender their weapons indicates the true intentions of the extremists remaining in the parliament building - to seek provocations by any means.
At the same time, in order to destabilize the situation, the self-proclaimed “president” A. Rutskoy addresses the leaders of the CIS countries with inflammatory calls to distance themselves from Russia. In fact, A. Rutskoy took the path of national betrayal.
In this regard, it is necessary to recall that Russian President B.N. Yeltsin, in all his actions, firmly proceeds from the provisions and conditions of his Decree “On Stage-by-Step Constitutional Reform.” Any assumptions or conjectures about some kind of “zero option” did not have and do not have any basis.
“As for resolving the situation around the building of the former Supreme Council, the president’s position remains unchanged: for those remaining in the White House, the surrender of weapons is an indispensable condition for any subsequent actions.”

18.30. People began to gather on Kaluga Square, Ilyinka and Moskvoretskaya, reports the temporary operational headquarters of the Moscow Council.
The number of people detained at rallies is growing. Police stations NN 108, 122, 42, 11, 10 are full. All detainees are registered as offenders for all sorts of reasons.
Alexander Rutskoy in an interview rejected the possibility of surrendering the White House. When asked what he would do if the White House was captured, A. Rutskoy said that for him “there is no such possibility.”
A. Rutskoi assumes that he will still run for the post of President of the Russian Federation, noting that “the situation will show,” but “there is no ardent desire.” He also said that his first decrees would be documents on government reform and legal reform.
As for Boris Yeltsin and his team, A. Rutskoi said that he is not thirsty for blood and would gladly “put them on a plane and send them somewhere.”

The board of the Russian All-People's Union issued a press release in which it expressed its point of view on the latest political events in the country. The appeal states that “it was not the besieged Supreme Council, but the Kremlin that found itself in the deepest isolation, since, with rare exceptions, all organized forces of society opposed the attempted coup and violation of the Constitution. “Republics, territories and regions of Russia, for some reason called “ regions", are in fact Russia in the true sense of the word. Therefore, they are not one of the parties to the conflict, but the main character. Attempts by the Moscow authorities to usurp the right to speak on behalf of the entire country are unacceptable,” say the authors of the appeal.
The ROS leadership states that key decisions in the Kremlin “apparently are no longer made by Boris Yeltsin or even the chairman of the Council of Ministers, but by the head of the Moscow administration, Yuri Luzhkov, who was not elected to this position by the residents of the city, but appointed by presidential decree.” The appeal suggests that “it is Yu. Luzhkov’s personal pressure that predetermines the cruelty in the actions of the police and internal troops.”
Further in the document, the ROS board expresses a desire to draw public attention to the increasingly expressed opinion that the attempt to suppress the Armed Forces is closely connected with Yeltsin’s upcoming visit to Japan. “It cannot be ruled out,” the appeal says, “that Yeltsin will agree in Japan to secede the Kuril Islands from Russia. Therefore, actions in support of the Armed Forces are actions in defense of the territorial integrity of Russia.”

Ramazan Abdulatipov is not authorized to negotiate with the government, it was stated to journalists at a press conference organized by deputies of the RF Armed Forces in the Krasnopresnensky District Council. Assessing the situation at large enterprises in Moscow, the speakers reported that “they are not allowed further than the directors of the enterprises, but, according to information received through the trade unions, the situation in Moscow is pre-strike.” However, as the speakers noted, “there was no significant strike in Moscow.”
At the press conference, journalists were also told that information had been received from “a certain lieutenant of the Pskov Airborne Division” that vehicles of the Alpha group were moving towards the White House. Also, according to deputies, 4 radio interception vehicles were located near the White House.

On October 1, deputy I. Polozkov spoke at the Krasnopresnensky District Council, where he stated that he spent all 10 days in the building of the RF Armed Forces. As the deputy stated, “the territory of the Armed Forces is fenced with barbed wire, prohibited by international convention, there are spotlights and loudspeakers that, in poor Russian, exert psychological pressure on the defenders of the White House. However, the morale of the deputies is high - extreme situations always unite and make relatives. There are no thoughts of giving up.” no. Deputies live, joke, work day and night."
According to I. Polozkov, reports about the drunkenness of deputies in the media are “innuendos”: “there is cleanliness and order in the White House. A completely different climate has developed there than it was in the House of Soviets during previous congresses.”
In an interview with journalists, the head of the Center for Public Relations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vladimir Vorozhtsov, said that there is a danger of the situation in the White House getting out of control, since, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in the White House there are actually servicemen of the Tiraspol riot police unit "Dniester", possibly former fighters of the Riga Riot police and other armed groups that may leave the subordination of A. Rutsky and R. Khasbulatov.
“I do not exclude the possibility that even after the signing of a peacekeeping agreement, some armed units may get out of control and not obey,” V. Vorozhtsov also said.
V. Vorozhtsov once again emphasized that there will be no storming of the White House, although “from a technical point of view, this is not particularly difficult to do.” According to him, proof of the above is the fact that the security at the White House is not carried out by special units such as “maroon berets”, but by ordinary police officers and military personnel of the division named after. Dzerzhinsky.

1,600 machine guns, over 2 thousand pistols, 18 grenade launchers and 10 sniper rifles - this is the arsenal of the defenders of the House of Soviets, which at one time was received legally by the security department of the Supreme Council. The head of the Main Directorate for the Protection of Public Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Vyacheslav Ogorodnikov, told reporters about this at a press conference. In addition, he said, according to operational data, his defenders managed to bring another 300 machine guns, 20 machine guns, several grenade launchers and even a surface-to-air missile into the White House.
According to the head of the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate, Vladimir Pankratov, there are about a thousand people in the White House, including 182 deputies and 400 people who make up the regiment that swore allegiance to Alexander Rutsky. It consists of retired officers, representatives of the Cossacks and people from regions of former military conflicts - Transnistria and even Yugoslavia.
700 people from among the supporters of the Supreme Council abolished by presidential decree were detained, mainly in the White House area, in recent days by law enforcement officers. Of these, 16 people were brought to justice for resisting the authorities, 42 for petty hooliganism, and criminal cases were brought against the 7th.
This was stated on October 1 at a press conference in Moscow by the head of the Main Directorate for the Protection of Public Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Vyacheslav Ogorodnikov. Referring to the clashes between demonstrators and Moscow police on September 30, he said that 5 civilians sought medical help. According to Ogorodnikov, none of those who sought help were hospitalized.

The cancellation by the abolished Congress of People's Deputies of the agreement reached last night with government representatives on the surrender of weapons and the release of the White House very seriously complicates the situation. This was stated at a press conference in Moscow by the head of the Moscow City Internal Affairs Directorate, Vladimir Pankratov.
He noted that recent events force the police to increase their vigilance and not relax their patrols. The deputies practically lost control over the situation, and all control passed to the field commanders. According to Pankratov, the leadership of the armed formations inside the White House is also carried out by Alexander Rutskoi and Albert Makashov, who declares that he will defend the building “to the last bullet.”

Several people are being forcibly detained in the Russian White House, Vyacheslav Ogorodnikov, head of the Main Directorate for the Protection of Public Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, said at a press conference.
According to him, “a week ago, 6 or 7 servicemen deserted from one of the construction battalions near Moscow and came to the White House. Their parents found out about this. Yesterday they visited police representatives. Two of them addressed the children over the loudspeaker and asked them to leave the White House home and return to the unit. The police allowed these parents into the White House, they met with their children, talked with them. However, according to the parents, the children told them that they could not leave the House of Soviets, since in this case they would be threatened death".
Last night, after the signing of a protocol on overcoming the conflict around the White House, a special group was created at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Its task: to collect weapons in the possession of the defenders of the abolished Armed Forces, store them in the House of Soviets and take them under joint security, organized by employees of the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate and the White House Security Department.
As a RIA correspondent was told by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the created group immediately headed to the parliament building. However, the defenders of the Armed Forces who met her at the White House rudely declared that they would not fulfill any of the terms of the protocol signed by Sokolov and Abdulatipov and demanded that the police officers move away from the House of Soviets to where they came from.
A few hours later, as already reported, Barannikov, Dunaev and Achalov by a joint decision canceled the protocol signed by Sokolov and Abdulatipov. According to the head of the press service of the Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate, Nikolai Boyko, who referred to the employees of the White House Security Department who left the Armed Forces building, “there they are more likely to be under protection themselves than to guard the House of Soviets.”

Some experts and journalists do not exclude the possibility that R. Khasbulatov and A. Rutskoy do not control the situation in the White House. Its actual transfer to martial law sharply increased the influence of the leaders of the armed formations defending the White House on the adoption of political decisions emanating on behalf of the Congress of People's Deputies, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and those appointed by parliament and. O. Russian President Alexander Rutsky.

Currently, according to various estimates, from 500 to 1 thousand people armed with automatic weapons are concentrated inside the building of the RF Armed Forces and on the immediate approaches to it. The largest divisions are as follows:
- Security Department of the RF Armed Forces,
- Security Service of the RF Armed Forces,
- battalion "Dniester" (50-70 people),
- paramilitary formations of the Russian National Unity ("Barkashovtsy"),
- "Union of Officers" (200 people),
- Riga-Tyumen riot police.
In addition, according to eyewitnesses, there are isolated cases of internal affairs officers cordoning off the area of ​​the Russian Armed Forces building, as well as soldiers from units of the Moscow Military District, going over to the side of the “defenders of the White House.”
Observers also note that the emergence of an armed conflict within the White House poses a great danger, since relations between the armed units providing security for the Russian Armed Forces are taking on a conflictual form. In particular, the “Barkashovites” are causing a particularly negative reaction because of their openly “fascist views.”

According to experts, the statements of a number of “pro-presidential” media reporting on the possibility of turning deputies of the RF Supreme Court who remain inside the White House into hostages of the “armed opposition” are not without reason. It should be noted that the same fate could befall not just deputies, but also R. Khasbulatov, A. Rutsky, as well as other leaders of the “September resistance.”

18.00. From Rochdelskaya Street, which runs parallel to the Moscow River to the main entrance to the White House, 3 armored personnel carriers armed with cannons drove out. One of them took a position opposite the building, the other two - on Krasnopresnenskaya embankment. Another 3 similar cars moved to the opposite side of the White House from the City Hall skyscraper on the corner of New Arbat. Previously, powerful lighting equipment was deployed around the White House. However, the composition of the forces forming the inner ring of the cordon, according to external observations, has not changed.
At the Barrikadnaya metro station, riot police officers armed with shields and batons do not allow passers-by to stop, driving people into the station building. However, traffic on Krasnaya Presnya Street is not interrupted.
Journalists working in the White House on a shift basis, who in recent days passed through the cordon every day with police passes, were notified that on Saturday there would be no access to the building.

The head of the federal information center, Mikhail Poltoranin, and the first deputy of the Ministry of Press and Information, David Tsabria, held an All-Russian conference call, which was attended by heads of state television and radio companies and editors-in-chief of large regional publications. Mikhail Poltoranin and David Tsabria informed those gathered in the studios about the situation in Moscow, emphasizing that the White House should not necessarily be the object of special attention from the press, since there are less than a hundred deputies left there, and life in the capital, as well as throughout Russia, is going on as usual in turn. The number of rallies and other protests is steadily declining, and, for example, in St. Petersburg, no more than 50 people attend rallies.
At the same time, it was emphasized at the meeting that the opposition and representative authorities in the regions are increasing pressure on the media, especially electronic ones. Everyone requires live broadcasts, broadcasts of sessions and other events. David Tsabria stated that the Ministry of Press prohibits violating the existing broadcast network. And Mikhail Poltoranin called on journalists not to allow statements of an extremist nature on the air or on the pages of newspapers, calling for an ax and helping to incite a civil war. It was made clear that media executives who contribute to destabilization will be punished.
According to People's Deputy of the Russian Federation Ivan Bratishchev, M. Poltoranin said that it is necessary to treat with understanding the measures that the president will take on October 4.

The credibility of the idea of ​​decisive action is being exhausted, Igor Klyamkin (Public Opinion Foundation) gave such an assessment of the trends in the mood of the public at a press conference at the Russian-American Information Press Center. He believes that in the near future, President Yeltsin will have nothing to “gain points” on, and if the presidential elections take place in the summer, then at least they will not allow the president to win in the first round. I. Klyamkin believes that now, despite a certain surge in the popularity of Boris Yeltsin, although less than after the IX Congress, one cannot say that this is a significant factor, since, in his opinion, “in our society, the political elites do not sufficiently take into account the opinion of the public ". Klyamkin believes that if the elections were held now, then Boris Yeltsin would receive 27-30% of the population's votes, Yegor Gaidar, speaking independently - 5%, Grigory Yavlinsky, speaking in the "Entrepreneurs for a New Russia" bloc - 10-11% .
Political scientist Georgy Sattarov, speaking at a press conference, noted that it is impossible to hold normal democratic elections on schedule under the current conditions and expressed hope that the president will agree to simultaneous elections.
The director of the sociological center of the Ostankino TV and Radio Broadcasting Company, Vsevolod Vilchek, believes that the surge in the president’s popularity is an “anti-rating of parliament” and that the option of simultaneous elections is beneficial for Yeltsin.

On October 1, at a press conference, the head of the Analytical Center for General Policy of the Presidential Administration, Anatoly Rakitov, said that, according to the center, political indifference prevails in the mood of citizens in relation to the current events. Thus, in Moscow the level of passivity reached 74%. Of the remaining 26%, 19% clearly supported Boris Yeltsin. In the regions as a whole, there was a surge in activity after Boris Yeltsin’s famous decree, but the president’s ratings fell after the events around the White House. Political indifference, according to A. Rakitov, significantly complicates the conduct of sociological research,
According to A. Rakitov, from December 12 “a new period of our history will begin.” He noted that “the new parliament will differ significantly from the Supreme Council and the congress, but in which direction is difficult to say.” The head of the center drew attention to the fact that in addition to business structures that consolidated to participate in the elections, criminal structures also joined the election campaign. According to some newspapers, they order election platforms for organizations they want to support.
Speaking about the possibility of getting out of the current confrontation, A. Rakitov emphasized that everything will depend on the factor of public awareness of the inevitability of forceful actions. Answering a question about accusations of the executive branch of violating human rights, A. Rakitov said that “now everything is being done to avoid this,” and everyone who is in the White House remains there of their own free will. “Human rights would be violated if those acts that everyone is in a hurry and waiting for were carried out,” says the head of the analytical Center for General Policy of the Presidential Administration.

As First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vladimir Shumeiko told reporters at the end of the meeting of the Russian Government Commission for Operational Management, Yuri Voronin, who headed the delegation of the Russian Armed Forces at the negotiations in the St. Daniel Monastery, did everything to disrupt the negotiations. According to V. Shumeiko, all agreements were ignored. He also said that since the power supply to the White House was intended for the procedure for the surrender of weapons, which did not take place, the power was turned off again. “We are ready for negotiations tomorrow morning or even at night, but the key issue, without the resolution of which negotiations are impossible, is the issue of surrendering weapons,” the First Deputy Prime Minister emphasized. V. Shumeiko also stated that it became known from reliable sources that representatives of the communist parties located in the building of the RF Armed Forces stated that they choose the White House as the center of the struggle for the restoration of Soviet power.
The Government Commission for Operational Management stated that none of the points of the previously signed NI Protocol were being implemented, and the electricity in the House of Soviets was turned off again. “We hope to continue negotiations in the morning of October 2 or tonight. This requires the good will of the other side. For us, disarmament is an indispensable condition, since the weapons are not in the hands of those who should have them. At night, provocations are repeatedly committed - exits from the entrances and throws with weapons. The situation is extremely difficult and tense precisely because of the presence of these weapons. No negotiations are possible until they are surrendered."

“We clearly understand the line,” said Vladimir Shumeiko, “between dissolution and dispersal. No one will agree to any violence from the executive and presidential authorities. But I must express the disappointment on the part of the government and members of the operational headquarters that it is so difficult the agreement reached has not been implemented."
The First Deputy Prime Minister said that a statement by Ruslan Khasbulatov had appeared, saying that the problem of weapons cannot be isolated from the general situation. The statement was signed by 16 more deputies.
“As of yesterday evening,” said V. Shumeiko, “there were only 92 former people’s deputies in the House of Soviets. But decisions are made not by deputies, but by so-called ministers. Everything that happens in the White House, all the tension is connected, first of all, probably with the attempt revival of communist power by the communists present there.
The only way out of this situation is to surrender the weapons and solve the problem of the White House building as a center of tension. And the second way out, proposed by the president, is elections of both parliament and president.
Today we analyzed the decisions of the sessions of all 88 federal subjects. 70% of them see a solution in holding elections in one way or another."
Answering the question about how the government is going to act if from the White House until 00.00. hours from Sunday to Monday people will not be taken out, Vladimir Shumeiko said: “There are people there who do not want to leave there. But if there are those who want to vacate the White House, I think we will find means to help them with this. Although "It is unlikely that the other side will violate human rights and leave them as hostages. The very fact of this takes the actions of the former leaders of parliament into a completely different plane, as completely criminal."
Answering the question whether the government predicted the current course of events, the First Deputy Prime Minister said: “The calculation was precisely on prudence, we hoped that there would be a search for a compromise - how exactly to conduct elections. But the events of the last 11 days are on the conscience of these of people".

On October 1, journalists learned about a meeting of representatives of embassies of several European countries that had taken place a few days earlier; USA and Canada, which discussed coordination of actions in the event of an escalation of the situation in Russia and, in particular, in Moscow. At the meeting, the problems of temporary accommodation and removal of possible political refugees, providing them with water, food and medical care were discussed. It is planned to use schools, exhibition and conference halls for temporary accommodation of refugees on the territory of embassies. The same source said that plans have already been developed for the evacuation of families of foreign citizens from Russia, the functioning of foreign missions under conditions of complete or partial blockade.

The White House agency released a message that the position of the House of Soviets in negotiations with the government has been determined. Its main provisions:
1. The Ministry of Internal Affairs issues the appropriate order and withdraws the units carrying out the cordon to places of permanent deployment.
The Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs are canceling previously issued orders on the use of forces and means on the near and distant approaches to the House of Soviets.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Defense ensure unhindered access to the building of the House of Soviets of People's Deputies, members of the Armed Forces, journalists, and private individuals and remove all obstacles at the Barrikadnaya metro station. When these requirements are met, weapons are collected and stored in the Armed Forces Security Department in the House of Soviets.
2. The Yeltsin administration issues an order to ensure the right of people's deputies to organize press conferences, to appear in the press, on radio and television.
All restrictions on movement near the House of Soviets and near the Barrikadnaya metro station are lifted.
The Main Security Directorate and FASPI ensure the inclusion of regular telephone and government communications.
When this part of the requirements is fulfilled, the weapons located in the House of Soviets are sealed and jointly controlled by representatives of the Armed Forces and the opposing party.
According to a report by the same agency, Alexander Rutskoy held a meeting with First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council Yuri Voronin, during which this position and the procedure for lifting the siege of the House of Soviets were discussed. A. Rutskoy appointed members of a commission that will, at an expert level, discuss with the opposing side specific issues related to ending the blockade of the Armed Forces building and, accordingly, the disarmament of its defenders.

19.30. The evening meeting of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation has begun. Alexander Rutskoi and Ruslan Khasbulatov were absent. On the presidium are Voronin, Abdulatipov, Agafonov. Yuri Voronin reported on the results of negotiations with Soskovets, Luzhkov and Filatov. He stated that he defended the requirement to 00.00. On October 2, fully ensure the functioning of the White House, the political and civil freedom of deputies, the Armed Forces apparatus and journalists. He said that during the negotiations it was decided to create groups of experts of 3 people on each side, which would meet on October 1 in the evening at the city hall. From the congress, the group is headed by deputy Rear Admiral Chebotarevsky. By the morning of October 2, the groups must agree on the text and mechanism for the parallel action of two orders on the withdrawal of troops from the Parliament building and the surrender of issued weapons from the White House arsenal to the head of the building security department. According to General Achalov, there are no other weapons in the White House, and no weapons are being removed from it. Y. Voronin asked the deputies not to hold discussions on this matter, saying that the negotiation process is delicate.
According to some reports, at the evening meeting there were more deputies in the hall than during the day - some came from the Krasnopresnensky Council. Representatives of the Patriarch are expected to arrive at the congress.

Late in the evening, the expert group of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation left for negotiations with the presidential side. The purpose of the negotiations of the group, headed by Rear Admiral Ravkat Chebotarevsky, is to determine the procedure for the withdrawal of military units blocking the White House and the storage of small arms held by supporters of the Russian parliament.
The main demand of the leadership of the parliament is the withdrawal of military units and police units surrounding the House of Soviets to places of permanent deployment. According to parliamentary leaders, after receiving confirmation of the arrival of these units at their permanent bases, an operation to store weapons in the White House in the presence of observers can be launched.
According to Alexander Rutsky, expressed in a conversation with journalists, the implementation of these agreements could “take 3-4 days.”

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