21.   At the time, Russian forces controlled about half the republic, including Grozny, and the vote was held in the occupied territory only.

22.   Beyond that, President Vladimir Putin must impose professional discipline on Russian military forces.

23.   A BBC producer and her crew were arrested by Russian forces Sunday as they tried to film the area of bombardment from the village of Tolstoy-Yurt.

24.   According to news reports, Russian forces have occupied the main town in the Botlikh district but are surrounded by heavily armed rebel outposts on mountaintops.

25.   Acting President Vladimir Putin proclaimed on Sunday that Russian forces had finally taken Grozny.

26.   After easily winning control of northern Chechnya, Russian forces have been bogged down for weeks on the outskirts of Grozny and desperately need to regroup, they said.

27.   After several days of fighting, however, there was still no confirmation that Russian forces had established control of Minutka square, close to the center of Grozny.

28.   After exchanging automatic fire with the Russian forces, the militants began to pull back.

29.   Air force commander Anatoly Kornukov told a Moscow news conference Tuesday that Russian forces would engage in search-and-destroy missions to root out the guerrilla fighters.

30.   Bosnia is a laboratory for cooperation between NATO and Russia, with a small contingent of Russian forces working alongside American troops.