21.   Hard-line leaders insist the Bosnian Serb republic must remain ethnically pure, for Serbs only.

22.   He said they agreed the rebellious republic should remain part of Russia and that there was violence on both sides.

23.   It did not give a value estimate, saying data on China and former Soviet republics remain inadequate.

24.   Maskhadov says he is president of an independent country, but the Kremlin insists the republic remains a part of the Russian Federation.

25.   Moscow claims that the Muslim republic remains a part of Russia.

26.   Moscow says the Muslim republic remains a part of Russia.

27.   Moscow claims the republic remains part of Russia, but has virtually no control over what happens there.

28.   Moscow maintains that the Muslim republic remains a part of Russia.

29.   Most Chechens consider the territory independent, while Moscow insists the republic remains part of Russia.

30.   Moscow insists the republic remains part of Russia.