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Russian President Boris Yeltsin awards Lt. Gen. Gennady Troshev with the Hero of Russia medal during a ceremony in Moscow's Kremlin Tuesday, December 28, 1999. Yeltsin handed out awards to top Russian generals Tuesday, praising Russia's military campaign in breakaway Chechnya as a major success that is bringing the beleaguered armed forces new respect. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/ ITAR-TASS) === COMMERCIAL INTERNET OUT ===