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Eighteen Russian soldiers were killed and eight more captured by Chechen rebels when their convoy was ambushed as they traveled to give medical aid to fellow Russian troops. The attack was the hottest flare-up in fighting since the two sides agreed to a cease-fire six months ago. After the Russian military vowed to retaliate with ''adequate measures,'' and warned Chechen civilians to evacuate the area where the attack occurred, the eight hostages were released...
Russian and Chechen negotiators halted their talks on peace in the secessionist Russian region where tens of thousands of Russian troops remain and fighting continues. Chechen rebel leaders also formally suspended their participation in the widely violated cease-fire, saying they would refuse to negotiate until United Nations troops were brought in, a move Russia rejects as interference in its internal affairs. The breakdown in talks came after a bomb attack gravely injured the commander of Russian forces in Chechnya and killed three others...
RUSSIA'S PACIFIST ATTITUDE TOWARD Bosnia is ironic [COVER STORIES, Sept. 11]. Nine months ago, President Boris Yeltsin mutilated the city of Grozny and reduced it to rubble with artillery, ground troops and air strikes. In fact, Russian leaders repudiated any proposals for negotiations by the Chechen side and dismissed reports of human-rights violations and appalling atrocities committed by Russian troops. Now, when circumstances call for genuine action in the Balkans, Russia wants to deter any progress and is calling for peace talks despite massive evidence of the Bosnian Serbs' failure to keep their promises. NITIN UMAPATHI Bangalore, India...
...family of American aid worker Frederick Cuny said he was executed by Chechen rebels on April 14 after Russian intelligence agents spread rumors that he was an anti-Chechen spy. Cuny, who was awarded a MacArthur "genius" grant last June, was on a humanitarian mission to develop an aid plan for Chechnya. Although a Russian official said his government believed Cuny was still alive, U.S. diplomats in Moscow said they agreed with the family. ISRAELI ATROCITIES ALLEGED...
...Chechen peace agreement takes effect today, TIME's Sally Donnelly reports that both sides are withdrawing from the seven-month war moreout of exhaustionthan in victory. The peace agreement does nothing to addressthe underlying cause of the war: the issue of Chechen independence."Although both sides have made noises about talks, nothing concrete has happened." Nor is an agreement likely soon. Chechen leader Jokhar Duduyev has already denounced the accord, Donnelly notes, while theRussian government fears the political repercussions of Chechen independence."This is really a crucial time for the Russian confederation. There are a quite a few republics -- Tatarstan...