NOTES:

1. Interfax, February 27; for background, see Financial Times, February 23

2. Financial Times, February 28

3. Interfax, NTV, February 27

4. Interfax, February 23

5. Rossiiskie vesti, Interfax, Nezavisimaya gazeta, February 27

6. Interfax, February 27

7. UPI & Reuter, February 23

8. UPI & Reuter, February 23

9. Russian Public Television, "Vremya," & Reuter, February 26

10. Nezavisimaya gazeta, 27 February

11. AP, Reuter, February 23; Russian TV, Vechernaya Moskva, February 24; BNS, February 20 through 27

12. Itar-Tass, Interfax, Reuter, UPI, February 27

13. Itar-Tass, Reuter, February 27

14. Interfax-Ukraine, NTV, western agencies, February 26 and 27

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