> > >STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.HOME-PAGE.ORG > >http://www.russiatoday.com/newsPHP3?id=143741 > > >Russian Parliament Urges More Help For Yugoslavia > >MOSCOW, Mar 17, 2000 -- (Reuters) Russia's lower house >of parliament, the State Duma, decided on Friday to >lobby the government to take a more active stance in >helping Yugoslavia recover from NATO's air strike >campaign last year. > >In a declaration which restated Russia's anger over >NATO's 11-week bombing campaign against its Slav, >Orthodox Christian brethren [yeah, yeah, yeah] in >Yugoslavia, the deputies also called for preserving >intact all international borders in the region. > >Duma deputies voted to set up a special commission to >help Yugoslavia recover from the damage done during >the campaign. It will be headed by former Soviet Prime >Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov. > >The deputies called for more economic cooperation with >Yugoslavia, including an increase in trade in the >defense sphere, and asked Putin to step up aid >efforts. > >Despite its criticism of Western policy on Yugoslavia, >Russia has contributed more than 3,000 peacekeepers to >the NATO-led KFOR peacekeeping force deployed in >Kosovo. > >In recent weeks, Moscow has strongly criticized KFOR's >failure to protect Kosovo's ethnic Serb minority. >Ethnic Albanians make up about 90 percent of Kosovo's population. > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. >http://im.yahoo.com > > >______________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >______________________________________________________________________ >Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
