1.   Before the Russian offensive began in Chechnya, Grachev had boasted he could force the renegade republic into submission in less than two hours with a single parachute regiment.

2.   Chechen Security Minister Aslanbek Arsayev blamed the escape on lax guards at the jail in Grozny, the capital of the renegade republic, Interfax said.

3.   Chechnya considers itself independent, although the Kremlin views it as a renegade Russian republic.

4.   Chechnya still considers itself independent of Russia, although Russia still views it as a renegade Russian republic.

5.   Russian forces entered Chechnya last week and have been advancing into the renegade republic to establish a security zone.

6.   Russia, along with all other countries, still regards it as a renegade Russian republic.

7.   Russian forces pressed their offensive in the renegade republic today with heavy artillery and GRAD rocket-launcher attacks on the towns of Achkhoy-Martan and Bamut.

8.   Following the declaration of independence by Dudayev, a former Soviet airforce general, Moscow imposed an economic blockade on the oil-rich renegade republic.

9.   Here in Pale the embargo that Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic says he has imposed on the renegade republic clearly has its limits.

10.   Armed opposition forces clashed Friday with armoured units loyal to Chechen President Dzhokar Dudayev in the renegade Russian separatist republic, government and opposition sources said.