51.   Russian spokesmen could not be reached for comment.

52.   Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Yakushkin said Schroeder would meet Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

53.   The agency also quoted Russian military spokesmen as denying those claims.

54.   The administration avoided pointing a finger of blame for the attack after a Russian military spokesman said it was a special operation and Russian political officials denied any responsibility.

55.   The agreement was announced by Russian presidential spokesman Sergei Yastrzhembsky, who gave no details.

56.   The Russian military spokesman in Chechnya, Igor Melnikov, told ITAR-Tass that the attacks were aimed at punishing the rebels for their violations of the accord.

57.   The Russian spokesman said the pope was satisfied.

58.   The two did not expect to make a joint statement exclusively on NATO, the Russian spokesman said.

59.   Water samples taken from inside the compartment holding the reactors confirm that there has been no radiation leak, said Russian navy spokesman Capt. Igor Dygalo.

60.   Yeltsin also met with other German politicians before returning home Friday night, but a Russian spokesman, Vladimir V. Grigoriev, would not say who.