1.   A Russian spokesman threatened to sue Human Rights Watch for defaming the Russian military, though the organization says it has been told a military inquiry is under way.

2.   A Russian military spokesman, Colonel Konstantin Kukharenko, denied the existence of the camps.

3.   A Russian military spokesman insisted that rebel casualties were far greater, but there was no way to confirm those claims.

4.   A Russian spokesman said the Kohl meeting would last up to four and a half hours.

5.   According to Russian spokesmen, Russian military casualties have been held to a minimum.

6.   During the afternoon, Russian navy spokesman Igor Dygalo says knocking sounds from the Kursk ended Wednesday.

7.   In Chechnya, Colonel Alexander Veklich, a Russian military spokesman, said federal forces had halted their barrage against Grozny days ago to let civilians out.

8.   Russian military spokesmen said their forces were making slow but steady progress.

9.   Russian spokesman here on Tuesday said that only a third of the village was still under control of the rebels.

10.   Russian spokesmen later said fog prevented the military from defending the original column, but the survivors say the weather was clear much of the time.