71.   In a statement carried by Interfax, it said the former Soviet republic is unwilling to continue the peace process or curb its own lawless elements.

72.   In the current Yugoslav configuration, consisting of Montenegro and dominant Serbia, the two republics have been in conflict over economic and social reforms of the joint state.

73.   International observers based in Chechnya insisted Wednesday that the breakaway republic is not ready for leadership elections scheduled by Kremlin leaders for later this month.

74.   Mandatory military service was instituted after the Revolution, when the fledgling republic was under siege by hostile kingdoms that surrounded it.

75.   Meanwhile, the Serb republic is an economic basket case.

76.   Milosevic, whose republic is the dominant state in what is left of Yugoslavia, is under international pressure to recognize Croatia and Bosnia as independent nations.

77.   Montenegrins historically are divided between those who consider themselves Serbs and those who believe they are a separate nation, and the republic has been very loyal to Serbia.

78.   Moscow argues that the former Soviet republics are as much in its sphere of influence as Haiti is in that of the United States.

79.   Moscow considers the tiny southern republic to be part of Russia, but Chechnya regards itself as an independent states.

80.   Moscow argues that the former Soviet republics are as much its spheres of influence as Haiti is of the United States.