RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: GRACHEV AND DUDAYEV HOLD TALKS

Russian/Nat The Russian Defence Minister Pavel Grachev has held talks with the leader of the separatist Chechen republic, Dzhokhar Dudayev. The meeting, in the neighbouring region of Ingushetia, comes after Russia admitted backing rebels who want to overthrow Dudayev and the capture of 70 Russian soldiers in Chechnya. The Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev flew into the Caucus Mountain region as General Grachev arrived by helicopter from Moscow. Dudayev, a former Soviet air force pilot, w