81.   The commander of interior ministry troops still in Chechnya, General Anatoly Shkirko, told Interfax that it would take two months for his troops to move out.

82.   The agency said tanks, parachute troops and interior ministry troops had crossed the Chechen border.

83.   The agency, quoting well-informed sources in the Tajik capital, said the clash Saturday erupted after Moslem rebels ambushed an armoured vehicle transporting interior ministry troops.

84.   The casualties were part of special interior ministry troops.

85.   The defense ministry has said several times that interior ministry troops would gradually replace army forces in the republic.

86.   The casualties were interior ministry troops.

87.   The government ordered gunmen off the streets, apart from police and defence ministry troops, in advance of the inauguration.

88.   The incoming government has ordered all gunmen off the streets, apart from police and defence ministry troops, in advance of the inauguration.