1.   Anatoly Chubais, the lead Russian negotiator, described the round-the-clock talks as the most difficult ever held between the Yeltsin government and the IMF.

2.   He accused Russian negotiators of frequently changing the reasons for the ban and raising some concerns only after the ban was imposed.

3.   On Saturday, the prime minister vowed to take personal charge of the peace talks in Grozny and met with the Russian negotiators on Sunday.

4.   Russian negotiators were furious at suggestions that they submit draft legislation to the WTO for approval.

5.   Space agency officials said U.S. and Russian negotiators rejected several Russian proposals designed to reduce their costs of assembling the international station, known as Alpha.

6.   The Afghan ambassador to Moscow was with the Russian negotiators, and talks with the hijackers were conducted by radio in English.

7.   The officials said U.S. and Russian negotiators had rejected several Russian proposals designed to reduce its costs of assembling the international station, known as Alpha.

8.   When talks deal with the nitty-gritty, however, Russian negotiators get huffy.

9.   Outraged Russian negotiators said the decree could wreck the peace negotiations.

10.   A chief Russian negotiator said Thursday that an agreement on ending the seven-month war in Chechnya could be imminent.