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Exiled tycoon's controversial film is brought to Russian town featuring in it
Source: Ekho Moskvy news agency, Moscow, in Russian 0945 gmt 23 Mar 02

[No dateline as received] The film "Attack on Russia" dealing with the explosions that hit several apartment blocks in Moscow and Volgodonsk in autumn 1999 was today shown in the Oka cinema theatre in Ryazan.

The leader of the Ryazan regional branch of the Liberal Russia political movement, Viktor Shlyakhin, has told the Ekho Moskvy radio that about 60 people came to see the film. "We had difficulties finding a venue for the screening. This issue was resolved only yesterday [22 March]. That is why the screening received no wide publicity. Invitations were sent primarily to local journalists, the residents of the apartment block in which an explosion was prevented and members of some political parties," Shlyakhin said.

He added that the audience's reaction to the film was "largely constructive". "They saw that the film raises important questions. Many of them asked for a copy of the film," Shlyakhin said.

[Omitted known background information on the film.]