31.   During the war, his father was a soldier, captured by the Russian army.

32.   Even with the Russian army disintegrating and struggling just to subdue a band of irregular forces in Chechnya, the United States is not free of threats.

33.   For example, in the war against Napoleon, the Jewish population helped the Russian army.

34.   For now, these countries need help building democracy and market economies, not a military shield against a hollow Russian army.

35.   From these hideouts, the rebels have unleashed a new round of fighting their almost yearlong war against the Russian army.

36.   Grachev has been sharply criticized by every political party in Russia for alleged corruption, mismanagement of the Chechen campaign and failure to reform the top-heavy Russian army.

37.   Having been defeated in battle by their Chechen opponents, the soldiers of the Russian army have come limping home to humiliation, hunger, sickness and despair.

38.   Grozny, the capital of secessionist Chechnya, was taken by the Russian army after horrific bombardment and house-to-house street fighting.

39.   He had been told the suitcase contained documents that would help his investigation of corruption in the Russian army.

40.   He had been told the suitcase contained documents that would help his investigations of corruption in the Russian army.