21.   Chernomyrdin has yet to be confirmed by the Russian parliament.

22.   Even political supporters of Yeltsin criticized the invasion Sunday, and the Russian parliament is likely to respond with bitter opposition this week.

23.   Foreign assistance is likely to come more easily now that the Russian parliament has ratified the convention.

24.   Hartman noted that the Russian parliament debated the impeachment of Russian President Boris Yeltsin within the provisions of the post-Soviet constitution without resorting to force.

25.   He said that Yeltsin and Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov were trying to persuade the political leadership of the Russian parliament that Russian troops will not be answering to NATO.

26.   He said he was optimistic that the Russian parliament would also approve the Start II treaty.

27.   His reform-minded supporters in the Russian parliament are expected to suffer fresh setbacks in parliamentary elections scheduled this December.

28.   In the Russian parliament, his personal supporters have dwindled to a handful of deputies.

29.   Leaders of this progressive city are racing to get public land into private hands before the Russian parliament can adopt communist-inspired land sales restrictions this fall.

30.   Legislation covering production-sharing arrangements involving foreign companies is stalled in the Russian parliament, however.