A chain-smoking former paratroop general with a sharp line in deadpan putdowns and a soldier 's knack for making life sound simple , Lebed managed to arrange an ambitious ceasefire in the region last week , days after the Russian army threatened to bomb its way back into the rebel-held Chechen capital Grozny .
<response> A chain-smoking former paratroop general with a sharp line in deadpan putdowns and a soldier 's knack for making life sound simple , <person>Lebed</person> managed to arrange an ambitious ceasefire in the region last week , days after the <misc>Russian</misc> army threatened to bomb its way back into the rebel-held <misc>Chechen</misc> capital <location>Grozny</location> . </response>