DATE=9/14/1999
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=RUSSIA / EXPLOSION (S 2ND UPDATE)
NUMBER=2-253857
BYLINE=EVE CONANT
DATELINE=MOSCOW
CONTENT=
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INTRO: Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
says international saboteurs are behind two
apartment blasts in Moscow that killed more than
210 people. V-O-A Moscow correspondent Eve
Conant reports.
TEXT: Prime Minister Putin says international
terrorists linked to Muslim separatists in
Dagestan and Chechnya are responsible for two
apartment block explosions that rocked Moscow in
the past week.
Addressing Russia's parliament, Mr. Putin
recommended what he called a "temporary, but
tough" quarantine around the Chechen border.
A leader of the Islamic insurgents has denied his
fighters had any involvement in the explosions.
Security forces in Moscow have detained several
suspects in the blast but no one has been
charged. Officials are also searching the
capital for hidden explosives and said Tuesday
they discovered and defused nearly two tones of
explosives at one site.
Russia's Defense Minister says the army is ready
to help police keep order in the capital.
Security has been stepped up around nuclear power
plants and other key sites in the country.
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Source: Voice of America
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