[L-I] Former Soviet Prime Minister: I will not go to The Hague under present circumstances!

                                                STATEMENT

            The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
(ICTY) at The Hague has decided against the Law to impose a counsel on
former President of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milosevic. It has been done again=
st
the will of Slobodan Milosevic, who more than two years conducts his defe=
nse
in person.

            The decision of ICTY severely violates its own Statute, which
(Article 21, paragraph 4) guarantees the right of a defendant to defend
himself in person. It is a generally accepted norm of the International L=
aw
and the fact that the ICTY has committed such most serious violation, rai=
ses
the deepest embitterment.

            The assigned counsel has got the right to prepare and examine
witnesses whom he, a lawyer, finds appropriate to invite. In other words,
all the important decisions on strategy and tactics of the defense will b=
e
made not by the defendant, but by the lawyer assigned by the court and wh=
ose
impartiality is considered doubtful by the Russian public opinion. Severa=
l
legal experts consider that Slobodan Milosevic didn't get an assigned
counsel, but another prosecutor who will only act using other means.

            Slobodan Milosevic invited me to appear as a witness of his
defense. I have planed to travel to The Hague on 13 September 2004. The I=
CTY
has been informed about my plans.

            However, under the present circumstances, I refuse to appear =
in
that process.

            As soon as necessary conditions, in accordance to the Statute=
 of
ICTY, will be created, I will be ready to travel to The Hague and to appe=
ar
as a witness of the defense of Slobodan Milosevic.

Moscow, 7 September 2004

                        Nikolai Ryzhkov,
Member of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the
Russian Federation (Senator), President of Council of Ministers of the US=
SR
1985-1990

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THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT MILOSEVIC AND THE INTERNATIONAL LAW ARE IN PERIL.

JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS' PETITION:
http://www.icdsm.org/Lawappeal.htm

JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS' APPEAL FOR MILOSEVIC:
http://www.icdsm.org/more/artists.htm

SUPPORT THE ICDSM:
http://www.icdsm.org/

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You can find detailed instructions at:
http://www.icdsm.org/battle.htm
(please also follow the links therein) or
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You can make transfers to ICDSM accounts in Europe:

Peter Betscher
Stadt- und Kreissparkasse Darmstadt, Germany
IBAN: DE 21 5085 0150 0102 1441 63
SWIFT-BIC: HELADEF1DAS

or

Vereinigung f=FCr Internationale Solidarit=E4t (VIS)
4000 Basel, Switzerland
PC 40-493646-5
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THE ILLEGAL HAGUE PROCESS MUST END.
Statement by the President of the World Peace Council Orlando Fundora (Cu=
ba)
http://www.icdsm.org/more/fundora.htm
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VIDOVDAN PEOPLE'S RALLY IN BELGRADE ORGANIZED BY SLOBODA
to mark the third anniversary of kidnapping of President Milosevic
http://www.icdsm.org/more/galery2806.htm
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SLOBODA urgently needs your donation.
Please find the detailed instructions at:
http://www.sloboda.org.yu/pomoc.htm

To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sloboda.org.yu/ (Sloboda/Freedom association)
http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to defend Slobodan
Milosevic)
http://www.free-slobo.de/ (German section of ICDSM)
http://www.icdsm-us.org/ (US section of ICDSM)
http://www.icdsmireland.org/ (ICDSM Ireland)
http://www.pasti.org/milodif.htm (ICDSM Italy)
http://www.wpc-in.org/ (world peace council)
http://www.geocities.com/b_antinato/ (Balkan antiNATO center)






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