1.   He has also signed a separate decree stipulating that servicemen should be deployed to hot spots only with their consent.

2.   PPP spokesman Zein Badjeber said the faction rejected the concerted plan to establish a separate decree on extra presidential power.

3.   A separate decree Saturday dismissed Lebed from that position.

4.   A separate decree Tuesday raised excise taxes for gas and diesel fuel by as much as five times.

5.   A separate decree dismissed Lebed, who had negotiated a truce with the rebels in August, from that position as well.

6.   A separate decree Saturday dismissed Lebed from that position as well.

7.   In a separate decree, Yeltsin signed a decree that forbids power companies from cutting off power to military bases which are unable to pay their bills.

8.   In a separate decree signed Friday, Yeltsin fired Agriculture Minister Alexander Nazarchuk and appointed Vice Prime Minister Alexander Zaveryukha as acting agriculture minister.

9.   In a separate decree Tuesday, Yeltsin named Vladimir Babichev as the influential chief of staff under Chernomyrdin.

10.   Menem, who Clarin claimed authorized the sales by signing three separate decrees, said the government had no knowledge of any sale to Croatia.