71.   Putin said Monday that the Russian parliament would soon pass legislation setting up a temporary government in Chechnya.

72.   Perry also voiced hope that the Russian parliament would ratify the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II by winter.

73.   Ratified by the Senate and finally, this year, by the Russian parliament, it has yet to take effect.

74.   Rebels attacked Gudermes last Thursday in an attempt to thwart elections, imposed by Moscow, for a new Chechen leader and the Russian parliament.

75.   A debate in the raucous Russian parliament on calls to end NATO airstrikes on Yugoslavia turned violent Wednesday when Communist and liberal lawmakers ended up in a fistfight.

76.   A deputy of the Russian parliament was formally charged Friday with pocketing a fortune in a privatization fraud and was banned from leaving the country, prosecutors said.

77.   A member of the Russian parliament is seeking asylum in Norwaay because he fears organized crime members at home are after him, the newspaper VG reported Thursday.

78.   A member of the Russian parliament on Wednesday criticized recent remarks by President Boris Yeltsin that the economic crisis is over, saying his view is too optimistic.

79.   A senior Cabinet member called on the Russian parliament Thursday to quickly ratify the START II arms reduction treaty with the United States.

80.   A religion bill passed by the Russian parliament will hurt the Roman Catholic church and make dialogue with the Orthodox more difficult, a top Vatican cardinal said Thursday.