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A Russian woman, whose son has been sent to the breakaway republic of Chechnya, holds a poster reading âäœReturn out sons from Chechnya!âä outside the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1994. Russian President Boris Yeltsin sent troops to Chechnya on December 11 to oust Chechen leader Dzhokhar Dudayev. According to official accounts, 44 Russian soldiers have been in killed in the campaign so far. Tuesday, Yeltsin ordered an end to air strikes on the Chechen capital and said he is ready for peace talks according to ITAR-Tass. (AP Photo/Pavel Gorzhkov)