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BBC Monitoring
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.]
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