21.   Russian mediators have promised it, but in vain.

22.   Russian military officers have expressed opposition to terms of the peace agreement which Russian mediator Viktor Chernomyrdin played a major role in crafting.

23.   Russian mediator on Yugoslavia consults with former Soviet republics.

24.   The attack occurred hours before special Russian mediator Viktor Chernomyrdin was due in Belgrade on a diplomatic mission to promote a peace plan for Yugoslavia.

25.   The attack occurred hours before special Russian mediator Viktor Chernomyrdin was due in Belgrade on a diplomatic shuttle mission to promote what Moscow said was a new peace plan.

26.   The attack occurred hours before special Russian mediator Viktor Chernomyrdin was due in Belgrade on a diplomatic shuttle mission to promote a peace plan for Yugoslavia.

27.   The negotiators called for compromise and joint constitutional amendments, Russian mediators said.

28.   In a separate development President Boris Yeltsin ordered rebel President Dzhokhar Dudayev to rush to the North Ossetian town of Moldov to sign a peace document with Russian mediators.

29.   Abkhazian separatists accused Russian mediators on Tuesday of favoring the Georgian government in peace talks which broke down four days ago, Interfax news agency reported.

30.   Both Georgia and the Russian mediators accused Abkhazia of undermining the negotiations.