Film “Seizure of the White House”: how they tried to seize power in Tula

On April 6, 2001, on the eve of the first round of elections for governor of the Tula region, a group of armed people broke into the government building.

The goal of the invaders is to disrupt the meeting of the audit commission of the regional election commission, at which, according to some participants, the issue of removing Andrei Samoshin, a contender for the post of governor, from voting was decided.

The seizure was an attempt to take power in the region with the help of big money and connections.

See how this story ended in Angelina Trushkina’s film “Taking the White House.”