International Committee to Defend Slobodan Milosevic (ICDSM)
Press Release

Former Prime Minister of the Soviet Union will visit President Milosevic

On Friday June 6, Mr. Nikolay Ivanovich Ryzhkov, former Prime Minister of
the Soviet Union, will visit former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic
in the prison in Scheveningen.

Mr. Ryzhkov was from 1985 till January 1991 Chairman of the Council of
Ministers of the USSR, a post equivalent to that of Prime Minister.
Since December 1995, Mr. Ryzhkov has been an elected deputy of the State
Duma, the Russian parliament.

Since its formation, he has been Chairman of the special Parliamentary
Commission dedicated to defending Yugoslavia against NATO aggression and
helping overcome the devastating affects of that aggression. Under his
leadership, the Commission has taken initiatives towards the Russian
Government, the UN, the general public, the Russian Duma and also The Hague
Tribunal (ICTY).

After his visit to President Milosevic, Mr. Ryzhkov will hold a press
conference at the:

Bel Air Hotel
Johan de Witlaan 30
2517 JR Den Haag

The time of the press conference is 17.00 hours.

Amsterdam, June 5 2003.
Nico Varkevisser, Spokesperson

For more information call:

++ 31 20 - 615 1122
or
++ 31 20 - 020 - 615 1120

ICDSM
Sloterkade 20
1058 HE Amsterdam
Netherlands