71.   To carry out the maneuver, the Russian commander of the mission, Vasily Tsibliyev, watched a television monitor showing the view from the Progress cargo vessel.

72.   Top Russian commanders visit.

73.   When Russian commanders tried to rush reinforcements to the battle the troops were attacked by rebels hiding along the rutted roads.

74.   While the rebels presented this as a victory, Russian commanders cited the breakout as a sign of desperation.

75.   Within days of joining Yeltsin, senior Russian military commanders and their supporters were purged amid dark talk by Lebed of a coup attempt.

76.   Yeltsin handed out medals to Russian commanders and described the military campaign as picture-perfect.

77.   Pasko was sentenced in December to four years in prison for attending a meeting of Russian naval commanders and possessing notes he made there.

78.   Pasko was sentenced by a Vladivostok military court in December to four years in prison for attending a meeting of Russian naval commanders and taking notes while there.

79.   A former Russian commander in Chechnya also had unusually strong criticism for the military Monday.

80.   A nervous Russian commander, who refused to give his name, said he hoped to avoid renewed fighting.