1.   Although Russian politicians have portrayed the Perm militia as heroes, there was no military plane to take Ostapchuk home.

2.   An extended delay before an operation could intensify power struggles inside and outside the Kremlin, as Russian politicians try to position themselves as a potential successor.

3.   And while Russian politicians talk about negotiating, Russian forces continue to gain ground.

4.   Another line of speculation is that some of the billions of dollars in IMF loans to Russia this decade were siphoned off by Russian politicians.

5.   As the Russian crisis mounted in August, for example, Soros worked his Rolodex, summoning influential Russian politicians and United States Treasury Department officials to the telephone.

6.   A number of Russian politicians underscored that prospect last week.

7.   All Russian politicians vehemently oppose plans to expand NATO into Central and Eastern Europe.

8.   But he hinted that they were Clinton-loathing Russian politicians.

9.   But in a sign of the increasingly ugly mood toward America, two leading Russian politicians characterized the attack as a legitimate response to NATO airstrikes.

10.   But it is his critiques of leading Russian politicians that are most likely to tantalize Russian readers.