Miriam Elder reports [1] at GlobalPost on the explosion in Stavropol, which took place next to a centrally-located concert hall shortly before a Chechen folk dance troupe was to perform there. LJ user dimazelensky, whose office is inside the concert hall building, wrote [2] (RUS) that the police had cordoned it off some 40 minutes before the blast. Twitter updates (RUS, ENG) are here: #stavropol [3]; a Stavropol city forum discussion (RUS) is here [4].
Russia: Explosion in Stavropol
· Written by Veronica Khokhlova
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