11.   Sometimes, the press service has fought to keep embarrassing episodes off the public record.

12.   Still, even RTR has chaffed at the restrictions on travel within Chechnya and the scanty information distributed by the press service.

13.   The decision to fire Marchuk was unanimously supported by government members at an emergency meeting, the press service said.

14.   The last two have been retained as informal advisers to Putin, said Alexei Gromov, director of the presidential press service.

15.   The Kremlin press service released a statement Wednesday night confirming that President Boris Yeltsin signed a decree giving Lebed full responsibility for overseeing the Chechen crisis.

16.   The Kremlin press service released a statement Wednesday night confirming that Yeltsin signed a decree giving Lebed full responsibility for overseeing the Chechen crisis.

17.   The military press service itself is inside a barricaded compound within the heavily secured base at Mozdok.

18.   The president was taking antibiotics and his temperature is normal, according to newswire reports quoting the press service.

19.   The press service chooses the destination.

20.   Those that do reach the press service receive one-page situation reports, which are issued twice daily but provide few battlefield details.