1.  Andrei Piontkovsky, a leading leading Russian political analyst and no friend of Putin, said both factors were at work.

2.  At least eight Russian would-be analysts are in the United States undergoing the formal training that will allow them someday to train and supervise their colleagues back home.

3.  Her son took a class in the language while at Baylor and is now a Russian analyst for the U.S. Army.

4.  In the past, U.S. officials and Russian analysts have criticized Russian laws and export procedures as ineffective in preventing transactions of sensitive technologies.

5.  Lukoil is a favorite of Russian stock analysts.

6.  One leading Russian analyst, Andrei Fyodorov of the Russian Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, called it a start.

7.  Pavel Felgenhauer, an independent Russian military analysts, has suggested that Moscow might be planning to use chemical weapons to clear the city of fighters.

8.  Russian analysts credit this tactic to Primakov, the wily former intelligence chief, who has slowly consolidated power since his surprise appointment to prime minister in September.

9.  Russian analysts say strikes against the Taliban could trigger a new round of violence in the ex-Soviet Central Asian republics, where peace is already fragile.

10.  Russian analyst Georgi Bovt wrote last week that America has problems among its allies in attempting to mount a military campaign against Saddam Hussein.