31.   Zhirinovsky has been among the few politicians who have staunchly supported Grachev and the Russian invasion in the breakaway republic of Chechnya.

32.   The Mozdok base, along with that at Vladikavkaz, could act as a springboard for a potential Russian invasion of Chechnya.

33.   Kovalev, a human rights advisor to President Boris Yeltsin, has bitterly criticised the Russian invasion of Chechnya.

34.   That is because it has suffered the least damage in the Russian invasion.

35.   The bugbear of a Russian invasion is nothing new here.

36.   The Chechen government has said hundreds of volunteers were ready to fight with the Chechen regular forces to repel a Russian invasion.