31.   But despite expectations that fighting will continue at a low level, the agreement represents a breakthrough for Russian authorities desperately seeking a way to end the unpopular war.

32.   But he also showed skill as a negotiator, working out a peace deal in August with rebels in Chechnya to end a deeply unpopular war.

33.   But some accused Russian President Boris Yeltsin of beefing up security to divert attention from an unpopular war in the breakaway southern republic of Chechnya.

34.   Chernomyrdin also has benefited by keeping his distance from the unpopular war in Chechnya.

35.   Critics accused Yeltsin on Monday of beefing up security in Moscow to divert attention from the unpopular war in Chechnya.

36.   Critics of the unpopular war, however, said the latest violence shows it cannot be resolved by force.

37.   Critics of the widely unpopular Chechnya war, which began in December, said the latest violence shows it cannot be resolved by force.

38.   Critics of the widely unpopular war, however, said the latest violence shows it cannot be resolved by force.

39.   Critics of the unpopular war say the latest violence shows it cannot be resolved by force.

40.   Critics accused Yeltsin on Monday of beefing up security in Moscow to divert attention from his unpopular war in Chechnya.