21.   They even suggested NATO troops could fly to war zones in Russian transport planes.

22.   Two-thirds of Russian transports are already carried by ships sailing under foreign flags, he said.

23.   Three Russian military transport planes headed for Kosovo Wednesday, carrying military equipment and several dozen servicemen for the peacekeeping force, officials said.

24.   Two Russian transport planes carrying pilots and technicians have left for Angola to join a U.N. peacekeeping force, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported Thursday.

25.   A common arrangement by Yugoslav arms dealers is to use Russian transport planes hired by Serbian companies based in Cyprus, diplomats said.

26.   The rebels were reported by ORT television to have shot down a Russian transport helicopter Sunday near the northern village of Vinograd, killing four servicemen.

27.   The Russian transport minister warned on Wednesday that Moscow could retaliate by restricting flights to Russia by EU airlines.

28.   Russian transport ministry officials at first denied the reports.

29.   The function of state client has been passed from the Russian transport ministry to the Leningrad regional government.