IRC log started Mon Oct 4 01:44 *** Value of LOGFILE set to /pub/academic/russian-studies/russian-coup/irc-report/current-logfile *** Signoff: Inick (Leaving) *** jukkao has joined channel #report *** Mode change "+o zorgo " on channel #report by w *** Sundancer has joined channel #report schevarnadze will probably say (about the gunfire) "THAT sounds familiar" *** Thing has joined channel #report Shevarnadze *** irc25168 has joined channel #report medved: hehe *** shiok has joined channel #report schevarnadze is ousted from georgia isnt that true All FM radio stations broadcast music. No MW station can be heard... Kemo: no he isn't calboy: ok thanks *** Rikitiki has joined channel #report *** Mode change "+o Rikitiki " on channel #report by Peacedog *** Manwe has joined channel #report avk: how come the stations are not reporting live etc? The gunbattle is the scoop aint it? *** Mode change "-bbb *!viking@* *!viking@krynn.solace.mh.se Joms!*@* " on channel #report by Rikitiki MW = AM for US-ers :) medved: people might find out the truth then anything on shortwave radio? avk silence is no fun, heh? medved: I suppose I have very bad receiver and bad conditions here I do not have SW band on my microreceiver :( mossovet heavy black smoke around it *** Signoff: shiok (poe.acc.Virginia.EDU *.sg) 50 channels on cable.. only CNN reporting. *** tao2 has joined channel #report *** Joms has joined channel #report many people outside *** Mode change "+o Joms " on channel #report by Rikitiki *** Signoff: pi (Ping timeout) *** BlankB has joined channel #report yeltsin to report on 12.5 minutes *** buonngu has joined channel #report all op.. better :) report only please *** Reb is now known as Elight *** Signoff: pnh (pnh) *** pi has joined channel #report *** Signoff: westes (westes) *** Signoff: Cryo (Leaving) be back.... *** SamAdams has joined channel #report Gunfire continus in Moscow *** Mode change "+o pi " on channel #report by NRV pi ? *** Sundancer has left channel #report 3 *** Signoff: Balrog (noc.belwue.de uni-karlsruhe.de) *** Signoff: medved (Bad link?) *** Elight is now known as Reb *** gordy has joined channel #report *** Signoff: irc25168 (Leaving) bravo: pro mossovet nichego ne znayu *** Signoff: Rikitiki (Bad link?) cnn: gunfire like firecrackers, thunder. i need more info on yeltsin on-air. damn high artillery shooting now ALL: Any CNN news from MOSSOVET area? By the way, Finnnish TV reported yesterday that 'the operative leadership of Finnish armed forces' is to hold a meeting this morning to discuss the events in Moscow *** Cryo has joined channel #report topfm about 12 min cnn: streams of men coming out into the street from white house, apparently. avk: yup tons of shots *** Balrog has joined channel #report *** Joshi has joined channel #report *** Mode change "+oo Balrog Joshi " on channel #report by uni-erlangen.de *** Mode change "+bb *!viking@krynn.solace.mh.se Joms!*@* " on channel #report by uni-erlangen.de *** Mode change "+b *!viking@* " on channel #report by uni-erlangen.de *** Mode change "-bbb mahdis!*@* *!0irc@r?d-dw?rf.cit.corn?ll.?du you!*@* " on channel #report by Joms *** Mode change "-bbb *!viking@* *!viking@krynn.solace.mh.se Joms!*@* " on channel #report by Joms cnn inquires if those pictures can be seen within the parliament building. eileen says they don't have cnn. *** TomBa has left channel #report *** Action: avk attempts to enchance antenna. be back in 5 minutes parliament cnn reports unmanned uit *** Signoff: cklausme (Leaving) *** wreckluse has joined channel #report people coming out from mossovet can anyone digitise yeltsin for me?? voice?? avk take CARE! avk is in Russia/Moscow? Cool! *** phil has joined channel #report CNN: said they don't have anyone in the parliment cnn: shadows moving out of the white house. cnn suggests they are assault troops. cat /dev/audio >yeltsin.au dodo: yup report only please high smoke frpm the white house building dodo, joms, please -- this channel is reports only. *** krupnyak has joined channel #report *** phil has left channel #report freeside what am I talking about then? *** westes has joined channel #report people running from mossovet to wh /log off government forces shooting at those moving people *** Signoff: aphrael (aphrael) *** Bobby has joined channel #report Russian TV : man reads an announcement from Sklifosovsky ambulance institute *** mosigbit has joined channel #report bravo: that will probably change in 11 minutes Gov soldiers shooting at soldiers on streets *** Signoff: mosigbit (Leaving) They need analgetics, blood, aseptics, etc... He read the help phones.... *** cklausme has joined channel #report *** Silas has joined channel #report somebody, make available record of Eltsin speech on ftp, please joms: shooting at soldiers or people? *** buonngu has left channel #report *** aphrael has joined channel #report at soldiers *** Signoff: Cryo (Leaving) no people out now, as it seems *** howl has joined channel #report trot: unknown people are leaving mossovet *** ww has joined channel #report can anyone digitise yeltsins speech??????? *** Cryo has joined channel #report *** Mode change "+o ww " on channel #report by w anyone got any info from hotel mir (sp) *** Signoff: dodo (Leaving) there are several dishes on roof... is that the TV Centre in Moscow? hold on it will be in russian wont it... dont worry *** Bobby has left channel #report *** Orveny has joined channel #report *** Signoff: Silas (Leaving) Lots of military forcers near that building *** w has left channel #report *** mosigbit has joined channel #report *** ElfQuest has joined channel #report ruyskoi's men moving *** Signoff: Olorin (Leaving) yeltsin's men now on the wh lawn *** Quantum has left channel #report Yeltsin troups moving closer to the white house *** Signoff: Sa_Mtns (Leaving) CAN ANYONE DIGITISE??? *** Mycroft has joined channel #report 8.54 am in moscow, still high shooting at/from the white house *** Doogie has joined channel #report *** TREK has joined channel #report for your info ruyskoi's men are in hotel mir, mossovet and the russian white house *** Signoff: SamAdams (Bad link?) *** lucifer3 has joined channel #report *** Signoff: Smrf (Leaving) ruyskoi's men seem unable to get into wh after fleeing mossovet Rumours about Airborne soldiers, CNN reporter says airbourne assault immenant, probably in tune with yeltsin's speech *** indus has joined channel #report 3.5 min to yeltsin's address to nation *** avk__ has joined channel #report *** Mode change "+o avk__ " on channel #report by Peacedog any estimates on the # of rutskoi's people in each place? irc: not yet *** Gosseyn has joined channel #report Sorry - modems disconnected. Phone lines are overloaded. *** TuKu has joined channel #report *** Action: topfm has advised AuBC of yeltsins speech lets see what they do?? I am afraid that soon I'll be cut off avk__ no need to apologize *** w has joined channel #report *** w has left channel #report bbc: lots of gunfire in background, reporter saying lyrical things about this being it. *** Signoff: avk (Bad link?) CORRECTION! Not MOSSOVET is on fire, city hall (ex-SEV building) is *** avk__ is now known as avk avk: you should see yeltsin on russian tv shortly *** Gnostic has joined channel #report *** tfish has joined channel #report *** Gosseyn has left channel #report X?}{ *** Inferno has joined channel #report Gov soldiers are shooting into wiundows of city hall i thought mossovet=city hall *** krupnyak has left channel #report *** tfish has left channel #report *** Joms has left channel #report no wonder we had a cold war, cbs, nbc and abc are not covering this *** tzsch has joined channel #report 30+yeltsin troops taking cover beyond the "green belt" ,, and approx 3/4 a block away... what looked to me like "civilians/reports" were also running towards the "green belt" for cover. trot: NO! Mossovet is on Tverskaya, there is a lot of people there (democrats meeting still going on) *** krupnyak has joined channel #report bbc in moscow refers to liberating, freeing the white house *** Doogie has left channel #report *** dodo has joined channel #report avk: what is tverskaya *** Inferno has left channel #report avk what side are the democrats you refer to on *** Signoff: step (Leaving) CH is still occupied by Ruzkoys people kemo : Tverskaya street Well, I call Yeltzin';s people democras *** Movado has joined channel #report Yeltsin's on!! YELTZIN SPOEAKS AuBC news... *** Mode change "+o witek " on channel #report by Kemo *** You have new mail. witek please report from cbc cnn (oconner) says that could be defenders. I wonder how the two opposing sides could be so close and both heading for the same green area. it doesn't add up. if the "shadows" that came out of the tall building were in fact defenders... then unless *** tfish has joined channel #report *** Mode change "+o dodo " on channel #report by trot Honestly I don't think he'll say smth important cnn: yeltsin speaking there is an underground access, there are two pockets of defending force... possibly split. *** NeM has joined channel #report *** Joms has joined channel #report He says we werre unprepared *** Signoff: gavroche (Ping timeout) *** Jvi has left channel #report Finnish radio: fighting around white house in moscow, heavy guns used scott: yes, there IS underground access to the WH scott: who said that barricades burning *** SamAdams has joined channel #report AuBC: smoke from burning barricades scott: at least rumors about it are circulatinf for several years (AMPU/#report) quit dir dir dir dir dir dir ssh. dir the biggest fighting in moscow since october revolution in 1917 *** carrick has been kicked off channel #report by Kemo *** Mode change "+bb *!*SYSPROG1@*.NTU.EDU.AU carrick!*@* " on channel #report by Peacedog *** Action: Calboy pulls out his colt .45 and fires on carrick *** tzsch has left channel #report report only no directory searchs wait hes a newbie *** mimosa has joined channel #report *** Mode change "-bb carrick!*@* *!*SYSPROG1@*.NTU.EDU.AU " on channel #report by Peacedog *** carrick has joined channel #report carrick report only please Yeltsin's basically saying how bad the guys from wh are... calling names and such schools closedin moscow *** NeM has left channel #report <%{ cnn: yeltsin: they (the wh) staged a surprise attack, hoping their cruelty would take everyone by surprise. dodo: the only wise move... AuBC: major traffic problems in Moscow *** jaran has left channel #report it's amazing that yeltsin lies just like clinton! yeltsin ordered the attack, and then claims on russian TV that it was the other side that attacked! *** Signoff: TuKu (frege-gw.ethz.ch noc.belwue.de) *** Signoff: Joshi (frege-gw.ethz.ch noc.belwue.de) *** Signoff: Balrog (frege-gw.ethz.ch noc.belwue.de) *** Signoff: pi (frege-gw.ethz.ch noc.belwue.de) Finnish govt says no need to increase finnish military readiness Main metro lines are closed. Yeltsin : there's no forgiveness for the offenders, because they went against peaceful city Yeltsin accuses that during negotiations build-up of forces was made *** ReDragon has joined channel #report n8dgn: please report finnish army commanders holding a meeting this morning, tho *** pi has joined channel #report *** Balrog has joined channel #report *** Joshi has joined channel #report *** Schorsch has joined channel #report *** Mode change "+ooo pi Balrog Joshi " on channel #report by noc.belwue.de Is Radio Moscow (shortwave) currently on the air? *** dog3 has joined channel #report no commentaries *** Mode change "+o dog3 " on channel #report by ww *** TREK has left channel #report Does anyone know RM shortwave frequencies? *** tao2 has left channel #report *** irc22272 has left channel #report finnish govt meeting about now Yeltzin asks people to support the army. With bare hands?! *** Signoff: gordy (Leaving) *** Packet1 has joined channel #report gst, check on #news central bank is ordered to stop transactions with criminal groups gst gopher to sunsite.unc.edu finland supports democratic developmenmt in russia, hopes it continues *** villeww has left channel #report *** Veni has joined channel #report *** Veni has left channel #report said finnish govt *** Schorsch has left channel #report democratic development!!!!!! *** Mode change "+o Joms " on channel #report by Kemo *** Verian has joined channel #report Y asks for MORAL support *** villeww has joined channel #report *** phil has joined channel #report *** [Buho] has joined channel #report *** Verian has left channel #report yeltsin asks to forget about internal friction trot: i thing they meant yeltsin.... (-; witek: yes, and it means going to the streets.. Under the bullets. Any other ideas about moral support? CBC is off the air, CTV not covering *** nice_ has joined channel #report avk: is that speech ftpable??? Y won't get active mass support this time report from washington by finnish radio correspondend, tellin what clinton has said *** Uriel has joined channel #report scott: any more on the underground access *** aphrael is now known as aph *** Signoff: tina (Leaving) somebody recorded Yeltsin speech? topfm: not fromme. I don't have equipment and (currently) I'm on dialup. *** NullSet has joined channel #report someone who has frequencies I can try to tune in russian radio? U've forgot them all still no coverage by abc, nbc, cbs yeltsin speech is pre-taped *** oleg has joined channel #report FYI yeltsin speech on #discuss > jobs: get them from sunsite.unc.edu in /pub/academic/russian-studies/russian-coup *** fivcyl has joined channel #report norway govt 'very worried' on what is going on in moscow bravo: there are no good sides over there. there are only bad sides, and worse sides. *** jaran has joined channel #report *** tfish has left channel #report *** tfish has joined channel #report newsgroup alt.current-events.russia has been created any other reports from scandinavian countries, like denmark? *zorgo* btw, I have irc logs from the LAST russian coup in ~virtual-reality/irc/papers *** Signoff: Manwe (Bad link?) *** oatbran has joined channel #report *** fivcyl has left channel #report BBS World service reports about 20 ppl being killed also chinese reports would be good, I suspect they would support parliament *** Signoff: Reb (Leaving) *** fivcyl has joined channel #report *** valik has joined channel #report Finnish communist party has also made a statement. It says that what is going on in Moscow is an attempted coup my Yeltsin!!! Institute of Skilfasovsky (emmergency medical) needs a lot of blood and first aid medicine those who transcribed the yeltsin speech, meet me on #yeltsin *** oleg has left channel #report *** irc22272 has joined channel #report *** Packet1 has left channel #report it seems that they expect hundreds of wounded my Yetsin = by yeltsin *** fivcyl has left channel #report *** Herring has joined channel #report BBS = BBC... sorry *** Mode change "+o valik " on channel #report by avk *** dodo2 has joined channel #report have yeltsin troops taken any buildings previously held by rutskoi forces? dodo: yup each side ejected the other avk!!! it's good that CNN has ceased calling the far-left communists the "right wing", and are now calling them the "hard-liners". *** dodo2 has left channel #report trot: mossovet seems to be emptying *** EricL has joined channel #report *** pekka has joined channel #report most places are calling them thge "hard-liners". *** Mode change "+o jonw " on channel #report by Kemo *** Reb has joined channel #report Ok, got to leave for the job, be back in some hour or so. Keep it up guys and thanks for the support. *** Signoff: westes (westes) finnish newspaper called them "communists" avk : Take care there man *** dora has joined channel #report *** Signoff: Soulctchr (Leaving) bravo ok be careful *** Signoff: jaran (jaran) idea-mw: a short time ago, it was very popular to call them the "right wing", in an attempt by the leftist media to discredit the conservatives in the usa by association. *** Signoff: Bravo (All the kingsmen) *** indus has left channel #report *** youred has joined channel #report *** Packet1 has joined channel #report *** n8dgn has been kicked off channel #report by Kemo men going into russian parliment *** n8dgn has joined channel #report report only Gunfire is rarer but the calibre seems to be bigger.. *** Signoff: johnfsea (Leaving) reports only please goodnight? *** Signoff: jlv (Leaving) AuBC: leader of Rutskoi forces ordered his forces to withdraw from city hall to WH woman and children prisoners in white house, CNN reporter says *** westes has joined channel #report CNN showing assault troops entering WH Finnish radio: it is calm in other parts of russia (except moscow, and that also is mostly calm. fighting is in only few places y-72 battle tank on cnn any word on Ostankino AuBC: massive build up of armour around WH *** jamesk2 has joined channel #report *** Inick has joined channel #report *** howl has left channel #report t-72 sorry *** Signoff: Gnostic (Leaving) AuBC: no actual assault on WH yet army commanders in Russian carelia have said they support Yeltsin air assault to happen *** gst has left channel #report gas may be expected as well CNN: fires being shot from WH windows *** Signoff: navillus (Leaving) *** ehud has joined channel #report *** Soulctchr has joined channel #report kemo: yeltsin supporters have taken it, as far as I know *** Signoff: zorgo (Leaving) wh people have gas masks nazir: like flamethrowers? CNN: Personnel inside the WH have gas masks dodo: taken which items civilian people visible now on streets kemo: ostakino tv center cnn: underground tunnels blocked off by yeltsin