1.   The rebels attacked an airfield, exchanging fire with Russian troops.

2.   The removal of American nuclear forces brought a corresponding withdrawal of Russian troops.

3.   During the rebel attack, Russian troops in Dushanbe officially remained neutral, but retained control of the airport and main railway stations.

4.   The Chechen President Dzhakhar Dudayev demanded that leaders of the North Caucasus republics be pressurized to resist the deployment of Russian troops.

5.   He also made the implementation of economic agreements with the Baltic countries dependent on the observance of the rights of the Russian-speaking populations and Russian troops.

6.   At the meeting, Grachev emphatically denied that Russian troops were involved in the conflict.

7.   Russian troops crossed the Pruth into Moldavia in June and in August moved on to Wallachia.

8.   Georgia has accused Russian troops in Abkhazia of backing separatists who were driven back after trying to storm the regional capital Sukhumi this week.

9.   An agreement had been reached with the government of Latvia for the withdrawal of Russian troops there.

10.   Although planes were bombing regularly, Russian troops continued artillery attacks only on outlying regions where there was heavy fighting.