31.   On Sunday morning, a column of Russian interior ministry special forces and Chechen police also came under fire from rebel rocket launchers and firearms at the same square.

32.   Paratroopers and special interior ministry forces were patrolling the central market area, ITAR-TASS said.

33.   Police will be bolstered by the heavily armed interior ministry forces.

34.   Police and interior ministry special forces mounted a large security operation, but the march began peacefully and in festive mood.

35.   Russian interior ministry forces look like any other army, with their armoured vehicles and soldiers in uniform.

36.   Russian interior ministry forces are reported to have attacked Thursday the village of Asinovskaya, situated in Ingushetia but with a Chechen majority.

37.   Russian troops have completed their withdrawal from Chechnya, the headquarters of the Russian interior ministry forces told the Interfax news agency on Sunday.

38.   Special interior ministry forces for hostage situations were assembled at Mineralnye Vody and Deputy Interior Minister Anatoly Kulikov flew to the scene to take charge of negotiations.

39.   Special interior ministry forces for hostage situations were assembled at Mineralnye Vody bus terminal, ITAR-TASS reported.

40.   The aircraft was blocked on a runway by interior ministry special forces.