61.   However a Russian military spokesman was unable to say where the two other Russian troops had died and said it was unclear if Chechen forces had suffered any losses.

62.   In Grozny, a Russian spokesman told AFP a parade would be organized at the airport outside the Chechen capital.

63.   Interfax news agency reported that Russian spokesman Sergei Slipchenko had spoken with senior Chechen separatist spokesman Movladi Udugov, who proposed the truce.

64.   A senior Russian military spokesman in Chechnya said Thursday the separatists were using the Russian ceasefire to rebuild their command system and bolster their forces.

65.   A Russian military spokesman was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying that Maskhadov had agreed by telephone to have the weapons returned.

66.   A Russian navy spokesman said a navy patrol plane detected a foreign submarine on Friday northeast of the Rybachy peninsula in the Barents Sea.

67.   A Russian navy spokesman said Friday that Russia was selling China several diesel-powered submarines, the first of which had been built, Interfax news agency said.

68.   A Russian spokesman said the patrols were functioning and that workers were being organised for reconstruction work, Interfax reported.

69.   A Russian naval spokesman confirmed that HMS London was heading a group of ships in the Barents Sea, but said they were in international waters.

70.   An Azerbaijani journalist was killed in an area of Chechnya held by separatist forces, a Russian military spokesman said Thursday.