1.   According to Interfax news agency, Tokayev strongly praised the president in his resignation letter.

2.   The remainder of the debt will be repaid with supplies of various scientific instruments and other goods, Zeman said, according to Interfax news agency.

3.   The Red Cross will not return until the investigation is completed, Warin said, according to Interfax news agency.

4.   Yeltsin will discuss the agreement by telephone with other foreign leaders, his spokesman Sergei Yastrzhembsky said, according to Interfax news agency.

5.   He said on Monday the talks were at a dead end, according to Interfax news agency.

6.   However, according to Interfax news agency, Ilyushin has been barred for unknown reasons from the Kremlin hospital in western Moscow.

7.   According to Interfax news agency, a high-ranking US official said Kozyrev and Talbott agreed on the usefulness of holding an international conference on the former Yugoslavia.

8.   According to Interfax news agency, Chechen separatists attacked Russian positions in the city five times overnight.

9.   According to Interfax news agency, the Russian premier could meet with separatist leaders during his trip.

10.   According to Interfax news agency, there had been return fire from the ministry building.