21.   Russian media have reported that Yeltsin has signed a decree handing all his powers to Prime Minister Chernomyrdin for the duration of his illness.

22.   Russian media have reported that Yeltsin has signed a decree handing all his powers to Chernomyrdin for the duration of his illness.

23.   Russian media have suggested that repairing U.S. relations was the driving reason behind a Putin pardon.

24.   Russian media reported shortages across the country in food, medicine, and other basic goods.

25.   So far, Putin and the Kremlin have been adept at pressing the war and manipulating the Russian media to rally public support.

26.   Some foreign companies already own larger shares of Russian media companies and would apparently be forced to sell some of their interests should the bill become law.

27.   So, too, are the Russian media.

28.   The military allows some Russian media to accompany troops in Chechnya, but their reports, often bright portrayals of military successes, are subject to heavy censorship.

29.   The NATO airstrikes have drawn bitter attacks from the Kremlin, the Russian media, and politicians from liberals to hardline Communists and nationalists.

30.   The only American weekly news magazine in a significant partnership with a Russian media company has lost its weekly voice, Itogi.