1.   Bad weather has also hobbled Russian aviation and interfered with Russian artillery, temporarily eliminating an important Russian advantage.

2.   Benefiting from clear skies, Russian aviation carry out a record number of attacks on Grozny, according to Russian press reports.

3.   According to Dutch daily newspaper Het Algemeen Dagblad, the Russian delegation included representatives from another Russian aviation company, AO Yakovlev.

4.   But the experts said there were potentially serious shortcomings in the Russian civil aviation system.

5.   For many Western passengers, Aeroflot is stigmatized by the dismal safety record of Russian aviation in general.

6.   It was the first cooperative effort by Russian and American aviation experts to assess safety standards in Russian civil aviation.

7.   Wijers also said Russian aviation companies AO Tupolev Aviation Scientific-Technical Complex and AO Yakovlev last week joined the list of candidate buyers.

8.   A report by a Russian aviation committee last year said planes often are overloaded to make extra money.

9.   An official in the pro-Moscow Chechen administration said Russian aviation pounded the Nozhai-Yurt district near the border with Dagestan over the past day.

10.   But Russian aviation officials insist it is safe and meets international air standards.