11.   Last month, Defense Minister Pavel Grachev said a single parachute regiment could subdue the rebellious republic in two hours.

12.   Moscow has placed security forces along the borders of Chechnya in a mostly unsuccessful attempt to fence off the rebellious republic.

13.   MOSCOW -- The devastation of the war in Chechnya could spread far beyond the boundaries of the rebellious little republic.

14.   Russia was expected to be heavily criticized this year for its violent crackdown on the rebellious Chechen republic.

15.   Russian and Chechen negotiators reached an agreement Sunday to stop hostilities, disarm Chechen separatists and withdraw federal troops from the rebellious republic, news agencies reported.

16.   Russia has relied on that tactic throughout the nine-month campaign to subdue the rebellious republic.

17.   Russian troops re-entered the rebellious republic in September after Chechnya-based militants seized several villages in the neighboring Russian region of Dagestan.

18.   That appears to adhere to the line of President Boris Yeltsin, who has said he will insist on keeping the rebellious republic within Russia.

19.   The administration has generally declined to criticize Russian policy in dealing with separatist forces in the rebellious republic.

20.   The devastation of the war in Chechnya could spread far beyond the boundaries of the rebellious little republic.