RUSSIAN POLITICIANS OFF TO THE HAGUE TO DEFEND MILOSEVIC
BBC Monitoring International Reports - November 18, 2004

(Presenter) Russian politicians are leaving for the Netherlands to defend the former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and, as they say, to fulfil their civil duty. This has been stated by a former Soviet Prime Minister Nikolay Ryzhkov. Gen Leonid Ivashov is also flying to the Hague with him. Yevgeniy Primakov, chairman of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will join them by the end of the month. (Passage omitted)

(Ivashov) Objectivity and once again objectivity. On the side of the accusation are high- ranking officials responsible for initiating aggression and war against Yugoslavia and encouraging the creation of illegal armed formations, effectively of a 100,000-strong terrorist army of Kosovo Albanians. These people are the accusers in this case and we would like to balance this process out.
 

Source: Ekho Moskvy radio, Moscow, in Russian 1500 gmt 18 Nov 04

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