Обозреватель Би-би-си по вопросам обороны

На Западе многие уже задаются вопросом, не является ли газ, примененный российским спецназом для освобождения заложников, удерживавшихся чеченскими террористами в московском театре, запрещенным в соответствии с Конвенцией по химическому оружию.

Документ, подписанный более чем 130 государствами -  в том числе и Россией — в Париже в январе 1993 года, запрещает изготовление, хранение и использование подобного оружия.

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Early yesterday morning soldiers from the ‘Alpha’ special operations unit stormed the theatrical center at Dubrovka, where Movsar Barayev’s group of suicide martyrs was holding 800 hostages. The terrorists were destroyed and a majority of the hostages ended up hospitalized. The leadership of the special operation judged it to be a ‘B+’. Its long-term consequences, however, have turned out to be dramatic: the gas used by the special forces killed many more hostages than the terrorists did.

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In a televised address to the nation, President Putin apologized for the fact that his security services “could not save all” the hostages. Nevertheless, for the second day the Kremlin has been accepting congratulations. No matter who it is who calls up the Kremlin leadership, everyone begins with the words: “Congratulations on a successful operation!”

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Andrei Shary: We will be talking about the drama of the spectators and actors from the musical ‘Nord-Ost’, which was taken hostage by a Chechen unit under the command of Movsar Barayev.

The act of terrorism was committed late in the evening at Dubrovka. On the night of Friday-Saturday the terrorists were neutralized. Official data on the outcome of the special operation are as follows: more than 750 hostages were released, 34 terrorists killed, 2 arrested, and the victims of the tragedy are at least a hundred people and this number, unfortunately, is rising.

What will be the political and social consequences of these events in Russia? How will Moscow now go about its policies in Chechnya? These three nights of terror — were they a victory or a defeat for the security services? Answering these questions on ‘Radio Liberty’ is Grigory Yavlinsky, the leader of the ‘Yabloko’ Democratic Party of Russia.

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