here and now 12/16/1998 (1998)

Program participants: Vladimir Zorin, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Nationalities Affairs (studio), Ruslan Aushev, president of Ingushetia (a TV bridge from Nazran), deputy Nadirshah Khachilayev and Movladi Udugov (by phone).

The theme of the day is the imposition of a state of emergency on the territory of Chechnya and the general situation in the North Caucasus.

Collective assessment of the likelihood of an armed conflict coming out of Chechnya.

Unrest in Urus-Martan and the village of Ermolovskaya (Mezhgorye, Alkhanyurtovskaya, now Alkhan-Kala).

Evaluation of the authority of Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov and his ability to control the situation.

The problem of kidnapping people, attempts to unleash a civil war and other manifestations of international terrorism.

The answer to the question of a group of activists at the entrance to the Ostankino television center: where do the taxpayer's money go, which are sent to the Caucasus.