Chechnya - Khasbulatov Rejects Russian Threats

(1 Dec 1994) Russia's threat to impose a state of emergency in Chechnya --
which could mean sending in the Russian army to end the country's
civil war -- was rejected on Thursday (1/12) by the leader of
opposition forces, Ruslan Khasbulatov. Speaking in the opposition
stronghold of Tolstoy-Urt, Khasbulatov accused Russian President
Boris Yeltsin of bluffing. He said the Kremlin was playing a
dangerous game, attempting to control Chechnya. On Thursday, opposition
warplanes continued flying over Grozny, threatening forces loyal
to Dudayev.
SHOWS:
1/12 TOLSTOY-URT, GROZNY, CHECHNYA
VARIOUS SCENES TOLSTOY-URT, OPPOSITION SOLDIERS IN TOLSTOY-URT,
OPPOSITION TANKS ON ROAD
RELATIVES OF CAPTURED SOLDIERS VISITING KHAZBULATOV TO ASK FOR
HELP IN GETTING THEIR SONS FREE, POSTED LIST OF KHAZBULATOV FORCES
CAPTURED, KHAZBULATOV INTERVIEW, KHAZBULATOV SAID THAT THE KREMLIN
IS PLAYING A DANGEROUS GAME AND THAT IT'S ANOTHER RUSSIAN EFFORT
TO DESTROY ANY OPPOSITION WITHIN RUSSIA
WS DISTANT SCENES OF PLANES FLYING OVER GROZNY WITH SMOKE ON
HORIZON.
1/12 GROZNY, CHECHNYA
GV PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
DEMONSTRATORS OUTSIDE LISTENING TO PRO-DUDAYEV SPEECHES
SOUND OF ROCKET AND GUNFIRE BREAKING OUT NEAR PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
AS PLANES FLY OVERHEAD
APC FIRING
DUDAYEV SPEAKING AT PRESS CONFERENCE
DUDAYEV SPEAKING IN RUSSIAN AS ABOVE
4.22 ENDS

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