Хроника событий 16-24 февраля 1995

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0:00 – President delivers annual address to Parliament. 4:12 – Parliamentary reactions. 10:08 – A Mercedes belonging to Zhirinovsky overturns on Piatnitskoye Highway; driver was either his nephew or aide. 10:57 – Zhirinovsky releases new book "Last Train to the North". 12:26 – Parliament responds again to the address. 14:40 – Solzhenitsyn praises the draft law on local self‑government principles. 17:41 – Kostikov comments on the president’s message and rumors about Yeltsin’s health. 18:52 – Shakhrai says "We’re tangled in Chechnya"; special parliamentary commission on Chechnya (Govorukin). 20:56 – Oleg Boyko resigns as chairman of the Russia Election Committee over disagreement with party policy on Chechnya. 22:46 – State Duma discusses the Baurey case (Russia Election). 25:54 – Germany scandal: 22 million dollars missing from the Russian Ministry of Defence account. 27:24 – "Ostankino" terminates contract with American corporation for archival records. 27:45 – Journalist Roy Kessler, close to US presidents, publishes memoirs. 29:24 – Solzhenitsyn supports local self‑government reforms and Russian intelligentsia. 32:08 – Chermyrodin visits Poland. 33:11 – All‑Army officer meeting. 33:48 – Shumeyko comments on the president’s message. 36:17 – Parliamentary hearings on Chechen events. 39:14 – Ministry of Defence investigates readiness of combat equipment; training at Kubinka; military‑practical conference on development of armored vehicles. 42:26 – General Lebed interviewed by Time. 43:52 – Space industry leadership writes to Yeltsin and Chermyrodin about possible closure of Russia’s manned space programme. 47:20 – Patriotic movement "People’s Alliance" rally; debt payments. 47:58 – Chechen Ministry of Interior distributes flyer about Dudaev’s search. 49:17 – Vorkuta mines prepare for strike on 1 March; Chubais speaks to miners of Rostov region. 50:29 – Ingush President Ausev calls war in Chechnya meaningless; meets mothers of soldiers in Nazran. 52:14 – Data on casualties in Grozny: civilians and soldiers. 53:34 – Zyuganov meets FSK representatives; large analytical material on national security. 54:12 – Trial of Alexei Kostin, publisher of erotic magazine "Eshche". 55:36 – Overview of events. 55:58 – Defender of the Fatherland Day. 56:42 – Nearly half of soldiers killed in Chechnya are missing; one in three unidentifiable. 56:55 – Press conference of Defence Minister Grachev; meeting with veterans. 59:12 – Chermyrodin meets trade union leaders; demands of striking workers. 1:00:49 – Yeltsin rejects minimum wage increase law; decree on compensation for families with children and students. 1:02:32 – Government session; status of nuclear energy. 1:03:12 – Parliamentary hearings on space industry status. 1:04:01 – Threats of terror from Dudaev; increased security in Moscow. 1:04:59 – Laying of wreaths by Shumeyko and Rybkina. 1:05:08 – Parade of communists and patriots for Defender of the Fatherland Day. 1:06:54 – Pre‑strike conditions in coal sector persist; nationwide strike postponed to 15 March. 1:07:14 – Chermyrodin orders increased security at nuclear complex; Eryn: 80 % of checkpoints lack nuclear material registration equipment. 1:08:35 – Opening of museum of German surrender in Moscow; repair of Soviet soldier monument in Germany. 1:09:37 – American‑Russian talks; NATO expansion. 1:09:59 – Grachev’s sharp remarks about media and mothers’ committee. 1:13:27 – Law on social protection of disabled. 1:13:39 – Tax collection in Saratov region. 1:14:39 – Duma adopts budget in third reading; opposition from "Apple", communists, and democrats. 1:15:44 – Special parliamentary commission on Chechnya (Govorukin). 1:16:07 – First congress of all‑Russian Russian communities (Yuri Skokov). 1:17:04 – Gorbachev’s trip to Novosibirsk.