MOSCOW REJECTS CRITICISM ON CHECHNYA.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry yesterday protested a March 20 resolution by the Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly that criticized Russian actions in Chechnya. (See Monitor, March 21) A ministry spokesman expressed "amazement" at the resolution for what he suggested was the moral equivalence it assigned to "the Chechen criminals and the federal authorities." (Interfax, March 21)

Curtain Briefly Lifted on Russian Battle Losses in Chechnya.