21.   The agreement on rebel disarmament and a Russian pullout came only after assurances that the puppet government would put off the vote.

22.   The Kremlin is unveiling plans to install a puppet government in Chechnya and hold elections.

23.   While he was in prison, Japanese officials repeatedly asked him to serve in their puppet government, but he feigned illness.

24.   Yeltsin claims he is the only person who can bring the separatists, the Moscow-backed puppet government and Russia to the negotiating table.

25.   Lebed said he would also have talks Thursday with the leader of the pro-Moscow Chechen puppet government Doku Zavgayev, whose legitimacy he has called into question.