61.   Russia sent troops to the rebel Chechnya to crush a three-year independence drive.

62.   Russian troops entered Chechnya last month to crush its three-year independence drive.

63.   The independence drive has virtually entered Chechen mythology, with the late separatist leader Dzhokhar Dudayev still idolised by many.

64.   The oil-rich republic was ravaged by eight months of war after Russian troops poured into Chechnya last December to quash a three-year independence drive.