1.   Grachev, whom Yeltsin has repeatedly backed during the bungled war in Chechnya, is likely to retain his job, the official said.

2.   Mikhailov was named Minister of Nationalities on Wednesday, after a government shake-up last week prompted Yeltsin to fire the previous minister over the bungled war.

3.   Mikhailov was named Minister of Nationalities on Wednesday, after a government shake-up last week in which Yeltsin fired the previous minister over the bungled war.

4.   One of the architects of a bungled covert war in Chechnya that set the stage for the wider conflict that began last December.

5.   The Russian leader faces a tough campaign to win back the voters embittered by his market reforms and the bungled Chechnya war.