91.  Initially, the Kremlin denied knowledge of his whereabouts but later admitted that Russian forces in Chechnya had arrested him for lacking accreditation to work in the war zone.

92.  Instead, Russian forces have tried to fight fire with fire.

93.  In this town, about four miles away, where journalists have been herded by Russian forces, windows rattled and cracked at the force of the repeated blasts.

94.  It fell to Russian forces in March after months of bitter fighting that virtually razed the town.

95.  It has been nearly a year since Russian military forces stormed and destroyed much of Grozny.

96.  It came just hours after Russian forces drove rebels from their two most important mountain strongholds in Chechnya.

97.  Instead, it became the scene of a humiliating and costly defeat for Russian forces.

98.  It has not, for instance, revealed the number of Russian forces in Chechnya or listed the units involved.

99.  It preserves the unity of command for Russian forces who will serve in Kosovo.

100.  It also delayed the deployment of the full Russian peacekeeping force.