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.