Wednesday 4 April 2018

THE OKC BOMBING TOOK PLACE TWO YEARS TO THE DAY DUDAYEV DECLARED DIRECT RULE OVER CHECHNYA


The Times
April 19, 1993, Monday
Direct rule in Chechenia
Anne McElvoy

Moscow: General Dzhokar Dudayev, the leader of the southern Russian republic of Chechenia, dissolved the govern-ment and parliament and imposed direct presidential rule after street protests over falling living standards.
Speaking to a rally of 30,000 supporters in the capital Grozny, he also imposed a curfew. Demonstrators called on him to resign.


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