11.   That is almost a third of the entire Russian defense budget.

12.   The accord was also signed by the Russian defense minister, Igor N. Rodionov.

13.   The man had been drugged and could not remember his name, but the agents were able to identify him as a scientist in the Russian defense industry.

14.   The proposal was made in talks last week between U.S. and Russian defense officials, a senior Pentagon official said Sunday.

15.   The Russian defense minister also announced he was lifting the suspension of air and artillery attacks on Grozny, the Chechen capital, and resuming a full-scale offensive.

16.   The Russian defense minister, Gen. Pavel S. Grachev, said today that a quick use of force was the only solution.

17.   The result, of course, is that Russian defense officials are loathe to endorse any new cuts in their missile forces.

18.   The Russian defense also helped out on Czech Jaromir Jagr, who had just two shots on goal.

19.   The Russian defense minister, Gen. Pavel Grachev, has already taken the position that NATO expansion would constitute a hostile act against Russia.

20.   The Russian defense minister may have been trying to distance himself from the air exercise and inoculate himself against criticism that he was cooperating too closely with the Americans.