The two regimes have become difficult to distinguish in Soviet statements.

"Military methods only make the final settlement more distant and don't bring it closer," the Soviet statement said.

The Soviet statement is a message to Iran to abandon those demands, according to diplomats and experts on the war.

The conclusions are based on Soviet statements and professional literature.

Accordingly, Soviet statements now talk of a strategy of "adequate response."

Mistrust is still felt despite Soviet statements that it will never attack Japan.

Furthermore, the questions raised by recent Soviet statements have been more numerous than the answers.

He noted that size estimates of the damaged area, based on such photos, were in general agreement with Soviet statements on the subject.

We will be paying close attention not only to Soviet statements but also to Soviet actions on issues of common concern to us.

But after Reykjavik there were differing Soviet statements about what that meant.