A Russian soldier stands sentry in front of a mud-covered tracked fighting vehicle at a checkpoint near the Dagestan-Chechen border, 37 miles southwest of Grozny on Saturday, Jan.14,1995 in Russian. The soldier's unit has been manning the checkpoint a long the border with the neighboring Russian Republic of Dagestan since the start of the Chechen-Russia conflict erupted more than a month ago. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)