51.   In fact, they led to new casualties both to the Interior troops and to units of the Russian army.

52.   In Chechnya, whether in camps or back home, they would be policed by the Russian army and the Moscow-appointed administration of Akhmad Kadyrov.

53.   In each of the last few weeks the Russian army has chosen a village they say is a rebel stronghold.

54.   In contrast, Walesa said one of his greatest accomplishments as president was to negotiate the withdrawal of the Russian army from Poland.

55.   In fact, according to Western reporters and other more objective Russian news agencies, like Interfax, the Russian army has not taken Grozny or even encircled it.

56.   In the flea markets of eastern Europe, Marxist trophies for outstanding performance in school or the steel mill lie abandoned among the secondhand books and Russian army hats.

57.   In the current war, now that the Russian army has advanced into positions closer to the Chechen fighters, the Chechen forces are faring better, he said.

58.   It has seen the mess that the Russian army has made of Chechnya, an area five times as big and with three times the population.

59.   It was also unclear why the Russian army would feel the need to attack Yandarbiyev.

60.   It is a decimated little farming town surrounded by the Russian army, which patrols the access roads with tanks, helicopters, and hundreds of troops.