11.  The combination of Basayev and Khattab makes the Russian leadership see red.

12.  The Russian leadership, it turns out, was focusing on it just as closely as the State Department tracks the vagaries of Russian electoral politics these days.

13.  The Russian political leadership has learned that in a democracy immediate response to a public disaster is mandatory.

14.  The Russian leadership has reacted to the offensive largely with silence.

15.  The step was interpreted as a final break with the new Russian leadership.

16.  They are constantly within the field of vision of the Russian leadership, the corresponding agencies and services.

17.  Unfortunately, the present Russian leadership, which now feels a sense of guilt for the destruction of the U.S.S.R., does nothing to facilitate the processes of integration.

18.  But Gorbachev, no friend of Yeltsin, also criticized the Russian leadership, saying its emotional response to the bombings was not helping the situation.

19.  But Gorbachev, no friend of Yeltsin, also criticized the Russian leadership for its emotional response to the bombings, saying they were not helping the situation.

20.  Camdessus was seeking assurances from the Russian leadership that it will stick to its plan, rather than print money to keep afloat ailing industrial complexes and subsidized agriculture.