RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: RELEASE OF RUSSIAN PRISONERS

Eng/Russian/Natsot The authorities in the breakaway republic of Chechnya have released the first group of Russian soldiers being held hostage. The move came as tensions with Russia eased following talks between the Russian Defence Minister Pavel Grachev and the leader of the separatist republic, Dzhokhar Dudayev. The breakthrough came following Grachev’s talks with Dudayev in the neighbouring Caucasus region of Ingushetia. A nine-member Russian parliamentary delegation led by liberal reformer G