Памяти Алексея Дмитриевича Гришина Светлая память прекрасному человеку! Мы работали в ГМПС, тогда он был молодым начальником отдела металлов, подающим боль...
I am using the amiable proposal of Novaya Gazeta's editor in chief to express my point of view apropos your article last week: “’Nord-Ost’: Is the song and dance over?”
A large part of the musical troop of ‘Nord-Ost’, who in October of 2002 were among the hostage spectators, are preparing to join the new musical ‘12 Chairs’.At the given moment Alexander Tsekalo, former producer of ‘Nord-Ost’, is making selections.This means that ‘Nord-Ost’ in its present form could cease to exist in May, in spite of the unprecedented pomp that accompanied its resurrection, and the millions spent on the theater's restoration.
Could one have expected this?Is the disintegration of the show by chance or due to a law of nature?Was the resurrection of ‘Nord-Ost’ a mistake, or was it that the resurrection just had some errors?Was ‘Nord-Ost’ flawlessly organized after the act of terror, or was everything decided by money?
The bosses received gold (Hero of Russia) stars by secret decree. What soldiers from commando group ‘Alpha’ wrote us about it.
This is certainly not the top story of the week, but sometimes we find out a day’s news after a year, sometimes after a century, or after a millennium. What I learned, I learned last Thursday.
I remember how we were talking on that October night on Dubrovka. How the doctors, members of parliament, and journalists — including those from ‘Novaya Gazeta’ — hauled water for people who found themselves held hostage by terrorists. How we cried together over those who could not be saved. In principle, it was all a normal day on the job in an abnormal situation.
Moscow city council members declare themselves heroes of the Dubrovka rescue operation
Last week, the country learned the names of some unknown ‘Nord-Ost’ heroes. 35 members of the Moscow city parliament — the entire city council — were awarded commemorative badges in the form of a cross with the words “participant in the special operation.” The raid participants felt a bit uncomfortable, to say the least, as it turns out that the award was either not given to some, or not all of the heroes.
The ‘Nord-Ost’ badge is a cross with gold piping and security service logos, and looks very similar to a medal. It is a pleasure to hold in ones hands, and, obviously, the cross will look very nice on these parliamentarians’ suit jackets.
A number of events have brought “non-lethal” chemical incapacitating agents into the news recently. Most prominently, their use in the rescue of hostages held in the Moscowtheater in October 2002 encouraged advocates of the military development of such weapons, since most of the hostages were rescued. Detractors were alarmed that over 15% of the hostages died of effects of the chemical agent (as well as all of the captors, who were executed by security forces while they were comatose).
In this paper we address only the causes of the high level of lethal effects among the captives in Moscow, and ask if that is typical, and whether truly non-lethal chemical weapons are feasible. We conclude that this level of mortality is to be expected, and that genuinely non-lethal chemical weapons are beyond the reach of current science.
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Last week, the country learned the names of some unknown 
