11.   The Russian brigade, working under the American division in Bosnia, is getting a close look at NATO forces and how they operate.

12.   Yeltsin on Saturday ordered the removal of two remaining Russian brigades from Chechnya, clearing the way for the agreement.

13.   Yeltsin on Saturday ordered the last two Russian brigades out of the rebel republic by the end of January.

14.   He was driven to Russian brigade heaquarters in the northeastern town of Ugljevik for treatment.

15.   Hungarian engineering corps, soldiers from the Baltic states and a Russian brigade.

16.   Instead he visited US soldiers at a camp just west of here and met with the Russian brigade commander Colonel Alexander Lentsov.

17.   But Rybkin confirmed that two Russian brigades would remain in Chechnya, saying it had been sanctioned by a presidential decree and agreements signed by Russian and Chechen officials.

18.   Last month Yeltsin signed a decree ordering the withdrawal of the last two Russian brigades still deployed in breakaway Chechnya.

19.   Perry did tour a US base just west of the northeast, though, and met the Russian brigade commander Colonel Alexander Lentsov.

20.   Russian Interior Minister Anatoly Kulikov said at the beginning of November that the two Russian brigades would have to stay a further five years in Chechnya.