> u.. VOTE COUNTING - INTERNAL AFFAIR OF YUGOSLAVIA, RUSSIAN FOREIGN >MINISTRY SAYS MOSCOW, October 2 (Tanjug) - Russian Foreign Ministry official >spokesman Alexander Yakovenko said on Monday that the counting of votes and >the checking of results of Yugoslav elections was an internal affair of >Yugoslavia. Yakovenko pointed to Russia's position, which requires from all >political forces in Yugoslavia, while strictly abiding by Yugoslav laws, to >emerge from the current situation. The most important thing now is to preserve >civic peace and stability in Yugoslavia, to avoid dangerous confrontation, the >spokesman said. Russian President Vladimir Putin held this morning, before >departing for India, a meeting with a group of his closest aides, at which was >discussed the situation in Yugoslavia. > v.. > w.. RUSSIAN OFFICIAL TO VISIT BELGRADE AFTER KOSOVO, MACEDONIA BELGRADE, >October 2 (Tanjug) - In accordance with Yugoslav-Russian agreements on >continuous consultations between the two countries' Foreign Ministries >concerning the implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244 on >Kosovo-Metohija, a Russian official is expected to visit Belgrade on Monday. >Foreign Ministry official Vladimir Chizov will arrive in Belgrade after visits >to Macedonia and the U.N.-run south-Serbian Kosovo-Metohija province, >diplomatic sources have told Tanjug. During the course of his visit to >Pristina, Chizov met with Stanimir Vukicevic, the President of the Yugoslav >Committee for Cooperation with the U.N. Kosovo mission. > x.. > y.. KOSOVO-METOHIJA - TERRORISM SERB HOUSES IN KOSOVO-METOHIJA MOGULA >VILLAGE RAZED KOSOVSKA VITINA, October 2 (Tanjug) - Ethnic Albanian extremists >blasted late on Sunday three Serb-owned houses and a business premises in the >multi-ethnic Mogula village (Kosovska Vitina municipality) of Serbia's >Kosovo-Metohija province, local amateur radio operators said on Monday. The >explosion was a very powerful one, inflicting great damage to the buildings, >owned by Serb Stanimir Bocic. No one was hurt in the incident. According to >the operators, a group of ethnic Albanian terrorists called "Leopard", is >responsible for the act. These extremists have been active in the area for a >long time, the sources said > z.. > aa.. FROM DOMESTIC PRESS SERBIAN RADIO TELEVISION: DOS TRYING TO GET OUT >OF ITS LIES BELGRADE, October 1 (Tanjug) - It has been shown that the results >and figures announced these days by the headquarters of the Democratic >Opposition of Serbia (DOS) present a blatant lie, and now DOS leaders are >trying to get out of these lies, said a commentary by Serbian Radio Television >RTS on Saturday. "One such attempt is to substitute theses, in fact to accuse >the Federal Electoral Commission that votes have been stolen, and another to >object to the results of the elections in Kosmet (Kosovo and Metohija >province). However, it is immediately evident that DOS in their objection did >not complain about or deny the result of Vojislav Kostunica which has been >determined by the Federal Electoral Commission and according to which >Kostunica won 2,474,392 votes. It is incredible, but true, DOS do not deny the >results and yet claim their votes have been stolen. After insight into records >of the Federal Electoral Commission, DOS did not deny a single vote it had >counted in favour of Kostunica. But they lied to the public that they had not >had access to the records. Who needs this lie and why? The only thing they >deny in their complaint is the number of votes which the presidential >candidates won in Kosmet. However, this complaint is brimful of falsehoods. >DOS claim that the Electoral Commission of the Vranje electoral precinct has >annulled elections at a certain number of polling stations for the election of >federal deputies but not for the election of president. That is an absolute >lie. According to a decision of September 27, the Federal Electoral Commission >did this in Vranje. And DOS know this, and yet they delude the public. DOS >also complained about the results of elections at 15 polling stations in >Prizren. However, none of these polling stations opened, not a single voter >cast their votes there, and not a single candidate won a single vote there. >The situation is the same also at polling stations in the municipalities of >Srbica, Podujevo, Decane, Klina, Istok, Suva Reka, Orahovac, and Djakovica. It >is more than absurd that DOS complain of election results at polling stations >where elections were not even held, or where, naturally, no candidate won any >votes! Over 90 percent of the polling stations about which DOS complained were >not even opened. Who needs this lie and why? It is obvious that it is clear >even to DOS that the election results determined by the Federal Electoral >Commission are absolutely correct, and, since they cannot change them, DOS are >trying to cast aspersions on the Federal Electoral Commission and discredit it >in every way. DOS want to show that there are no Serbs in Kosmet. Kouchner is >doing the same thing. Djindjic wants to show that Serbs do not live in >Gracanica, Ranilug, Strpce, Kosovsko Pomoravlje, Gorazdevac, and 150 other >places. That displaced Serbs did not vote, that they, not only have not been >expelled from Kosmet, but have even vanished from Serbia. For Djindjic and >DOS, Serbs of Kosmet do not exist. That is DOS's revenge to Kosmet Serbs for >the way they welcomed Kostunica in Kosovska Mitrovica. Everything DOS leaders >said and announced over the past days is bursting with lies and falsehoods. >That clearly indicates that the elections are not an issue here. It is clear >even to them that the results of the Federal Electoral Commission are correct >and cannot be different by one single vote. The issue here is Zoran Djindjic's >plan to use manipulations and lies to bring citizens into the streets and try >to topple the state and cause chaos. That is something Zoran Djindjic has been >working on for the past 30 years," the RTS commentary said. > ab.. > ac.. FROM FOREIGN PRESS DJINDJIC, NOT KOSTUNICA, PLAYS LEADING ROLE, SAYS >GERMAN PRESS BERLIN, October 2 (Tanjug) - Zoran Djindjic, not Kostunica is the >real leader of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS), as he plays a >leading role at every rally, German press said on Monday. Zoran Djindjic and >Vojislav Kostunica can be seen together very often these days. Anyone who does >not know them might think that Djindjic won the presidential election, not >Kostunica. He is the one who gives statements to foreign press and reports on >what is happening in Belgrade, said the Berliner Zeitung in its weekend issue. >The Berlin daily said that Serbs generally see Djindjic in a less favourable >light. The reason is that Djindjic has demonstrated ruthlessness throughout >his political career. In 1994, Djindic drove respected professor Dragoljub >Micunovic away from the leading position of the Democratic Party, and had >tricked Vuk Draskovic by breaking all agreements on boycotting elections, the >Berliner Zeitung said. Djindjic is the German press limelight these days, as >both Munchen daily Sudeutsche Zeitung and Hamburg weekly Der Spiegel have >published his interviews at the same time. Speaking for the Suddeutsche >Zeitung, Djindjic said that many in Serbia, not only Kostunica, keep away from >the West. He himself, however, has requested financial support from the West, >said Der Spiegel. _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. 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