101.  But on Thursday, Russian officials said foreign doctors would play an important role.

102.  But the lawyers have also written in their reports that Russian officials could be expected to say it represented a violation, the former official said.

103.  But Russian military officials have rejected that possibility.

104.  But Russian officials and those from NATO countries, particularly the United States and Britain, remain divided on the placement and composition of the peacekeeping force.

105.  But Russian officials have gradually redefined reform as a balance between government assistance to industry on the one hand and anti-inflation and currency stabilization measures on the other.

106.  But Russian officials still say that NATO, not Milosevic, was the aggressor.

107.  But the fund opened negotiations with Moscow this week by sending the Yeltsin government a confidential letter listing steps it would like Russia to take, Russian officials said.

108.  But the Russian officials would not say which astronaut had made the mistake.

109.  But the executions were immediately denounced by Russian officials as a violation of international law.

110.  But the region enjoys a kind of de facto independence, underscored by the withdrawal of the Russian officials.