TAKE 1 OF 2- -RUMORS ABOUT GAZPROM-MEDIA, KURSK, ANTHRAX SOURCES, OTHERS CITED

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06630265
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: March 28, 2017
• Case Number: F-2017-00105
• Publication Date: October 15, 2001

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SUBJ*SUBJ: TAKE 1 OF 2--Rumors About Gazprom-Media, Kursk, Anthrax
Sources, Others Cited
SOUR SOURCE: Moscow MoskovskiN Komsomolets in Russian 15 Oct 01 P 2
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['Tumors Rated" feature compiled by Inara Filatova, Marina
Romanova, and Yekaterina Deyeva]
[FBIS Translated Text] One Large TV Channel Instead of Two Small
Ones; Rumor from Ostankino [subhead]
The most implausible rumors emerged last week in the corridors
of Ostankino. First, there was a discussion of Gazproors intention
to get rid of the television channels under its control. TNT
workers were particularly concerned: Kokh, so the rumor makers
claim, has only just said that he has gotten more money for the
channel before resigning from Gazprom-media. Now a very gloomy
mood prevails at TNT: They are saying that journalists have little
hope of getting their salaries in the immediate future and their
long-term prospects are not clear at all. A second rumor Is that
the authorities intend to attack TV-6 -- they allegedly intend to
close the channel using the strategy with which we are already
familiar. But who will get this frequency Is so far unclear to the
rumor makers too. And, finally, the most "global rumor" -- they
say the Kremlin has decided to merge ORT and RTR -- and almost In
time for the New Year there will be one big channel instead of two.
The Kursk Will Never Be Raised; Rumors from Roslyakovo [subhead]
It has been announced officially that the delivery of the Kursk
to the Roslyakovo floating dock is being postponed for a week. But
according to rumors from Roslyakovo itself the submarine will never
be raised at all.
The reason Is allegedly the cracks in the nuclear reactor formed
when the torpedo exploded. While the submarine was lying on the
sea bed under the water pressure the reactor remained hermetically
sealed and the radiation did not "leak" from it. If the Kursk is
raised then in the specialists' opinion the cracks will spread and
radiation pollution will not be avoided. Another story Is that at
least two missile containers close to the blast In the first
compartment were damaged.
The reason for the rumors is the lack of any visible reasons for
delaying the final stage of the operation -- the weather in the
region of Roslyakovo is normal and the equipment Is operating
without a hitch. Why then are the salvage operators being
dilatory? According to other rumors this is being done to give
time for the divers to work as they are now secretly seeking the
ship's log In the submarine hull -- you never know what may be
written there about the causes of the tragedy.... And the most
improbable rumor is that the Northern Fleet is already preparing to
transport the Kursk Inside the Arctic Circle and to encase it in
concrete and sink it to a great depth.
You can understand the outspoken rumor-makers: After all, the
longer the powers conceal the truth about the submarine, the more
fantastic the stories become....
* Talfban Helped by Ordinary Americans; Florida Rumor [subhead]
* The events in Florida, where several people have been infected
*with anthrax, have shaken the whole world. It is still unclear how
this could have happened. After all, as we know, only a few states
mhave anthrax strains and the bacilli are carefully kept in closed
laboratories and people cannot gain access to them from the
street. How did the terrorists -- if they are to blame -- get to
the lethal bacteria? The rumor makers have their theories.
According to one theory the Islamic terrorists were helped by
ordinary Americans. Or to be more precise by members of local
American extremist groupings. There are quite a few of these in
the United States. For Instance the "Branch DavIdiams," the "Texas
separatists," the "Militia....' They are al dissatisfied with the
country's official authorities and are not averse to scheming
against them.
According to the rumors, an activist from one of these sects
happened to be working in a top-secret American biological
laboratory. The rest was a mere technical matter -- the Tall ban
found the man they needed, he stole the test tubes they wanted from
*work and the result Is several American Infected with anthrax. The
*rumor "carriers" say that the anthrax bacilli were of a specific
kind like the strains "cultivated" In America....
Kremlin Has Acquired New Berezovskiy; Kremlin Corridors
[subhead]
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a Nature abhors a vacuum. Especially in the case of the
--",-Kremlin. Rumor has it that new "eminences grisesn are taking over
..from the former ones. Rumor has it that the Presidential Staff is
calling a representative of the new generation of oligarchs -- one
41r Pugachev -- nothing less than the second Berezovskty. Apart
from the fact that this gentleman has become a frequent visitor to
Putin's reception area and is making friends with the most
Influential Kremlin officials, so far little is known about
him. he is the owner of a large Moscow bank managing a small
Moscow television channel. It is also known that the newfound
banker's power is based on his close relationship to Aleksandr
troloshtm.
The rumors that Pugachev has become definitively established on
the political Olympus, overtaking another contender -- the banker
Kogan -- In the desperate race to become BerezovskTy's successor
began to spread after the insignificant Moscow channel began to
gain an entree to film all major events involving the
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