(11 Sep 2001)
1. Close up US flag
2. Various People laying flowers outside the American embassy
3. Close up post card outside the American embassy
4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Voxpop Irina "These continual terrorist acts, it is just madness. It is already the 21st century and we still cannot agree between ourselves, find some kind of compromise...I cannot understand this and I think this is too bad."
5. Flowers outside embassy
6. Close up signed card "We are grieving"
7. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Voxpop - Eduard "When I first saw the pictures, I couldn't believe it, I thought I was watching a science fiction film."
8. People queuing outside bank
9. Close up exchange rate
10. Various business people on mobile phones
11. Close up exchange rate dollar against rubble
STORYLINE:
Russians concerned for the fate of thousands of Americans who fell victim to Tuesday's terrorist attacks in the United States gathered in front of the United States Embassy in Moscow on and inserted red flowers in the fence outside it.
The embassy will be closed to the public on Wednesday and the American School in Moscow will also be closed, a spokesman said on condition of anonymity.
Two years ago, Moscow was rocked by two apartment building bombings that killed over 200 people.
Russian authorities blamed terrorists for these tragedies.
The US dollar weakened drastically against the rouble in Moscow's street currency shops on Tuesday night as rumors circulated that the US economy might crash due to the terrorist acts.
At some exchanges the dollar was going for almost half the price from Tuesday morning after terrorists crashed two hijacked passenger jets into the twin towers of the Word Trade center in New York, destroying it.
A third hijacked plane was crashed into the Pentagon, in Washington causing part of the building to collapse while a fourth aircraft crashed 80miles (130km) from Pittsburgh.
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