1.   His letter to the prosecutor general said Zhirinovsky and Lysenko should face inquiry for their actions against Yakunin and Tishkovskaya.

2.   In Moscow Monday, even the general prosecutor, Yuri Skuratov, said it was time to bring home the troops, a sentiment heard with increasing frequency.

3.   On Thursday, Parliament asked the prosecutor general for a criminal investigation.

4.   Putin acted hours after he met with the prosecutor general, Vladimir Ustinov, and senior defense officials in the Kremlin to hear a report about the Kursk disaster.

5.   Samper said that such public officials the attorney general and prosecutor general should be prohibited from running for president in the election following their terms.

6.   That led the prosecutor general to make a formal accusation against Samper in February.

7.   The disclosures here have been an embarrassment for Yeltsin, who clearly gave his consent to fire the general prosecutor earlier this year.

8.   The only senior officer with whom Rodley was allowed to meet was the military prosecutor general.

9.   The prosecutor general, Aleksei Ilyushenko, declined to comment.

10.   The prosecutor general announced Thursday evening that he had charged a retired colonel, Pavel Popovskikh, with organizing the killing.