11.   Budanov has admitted strangling Elza Kungayeva two years ago, but said he did so in a fit of rage because he believed she was a Chechen rebel sniper.

12.   Budanov has admitted strangling Kungayeva but says he killed her in a rage while interrogating her because he thought she was a rebel sniper.

13.   Budanov has admitted strangling Kungayeva two years ago, but said he did so in a fit of rage because he believed she was a Chechen rebel sniper.

14.   He said troops found a large cache of weapons and documents showing that a school for training rebel snipers operated in the village.

15.   He said he suspected her of being a rebel sniper and killed her in a rage while interrogating her.

16.   It said two rebel snipers were killed in the capital Grozny and one Russian serviceman was wounded.

17.   Russian military officers claimed there were rebel snipers inside the palace and separatist fighters mingling with the crowd.

18.   Rebel snipers also constantly harass the advancing troops and slow them down.

19.   Rebel snipers and machine gunners drove back Russian troops trying to penetrate the village.

20.   Rebel snipers kept main streets under constant fire.