Subject: Moscow: OPEN LETTER TO PUTIN AND BUSH
Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 17:59:30 +0200
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin"
RUSSIAN SOCIAL COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENSE OF SLOBODAN
MILOSEVIC
Moscow, May 24, 2002
OPEN LETTER
To the President of the Russian Federation Mr.
Vladimir Putin and
to the President of USA Mr. George W. Bush
Respected gentlemen Presidents,
The 'trial' of the ex-President
of Yugoslavia Mr. Slobodan Milosevic has gone on for
several months at The Hague 'International Tribunal
for former Yugoslavia'.
That 'Tribunal' was proposed with a
positive aim - to punish persons responsible for war crimes
under conditions in which the judicial system of the former
Yugoslavia had been destroyed.
Today, however, it has become
clear that the original concept is unsustainable,
since the Tribunal turned into a biased, politicized
instrument for the persecution of the Serbian people
and their leaders.
In the World community, there
are more and more statements that the 'Tribunal' is
illegitimate, created in violation of the UN Charter.
The 'trial' proceedings
clearly demonstrate that the 'Tribunal' has no
evidence of the criminal guilt of Mr. Slobodan
Milosevic and other leaders of Yugoslavia. This can
also be seen in the questioning and cross-examination
of prosecution witnesses, who are also unable to
present any evidence that Mr. Milosevic is guilty.
What is going on at The Hague
discredits the very idea of international judicial
bodies.
With a goal of restoring justice we call upon you to
issue a joint statement expressing the necessity of
abolishing the 'International Tribunal for former
Yugoslavia', transferring Tribunal cases to the
courts of the respective countries of the former
Yugoslavia and releasing all political prisoners,
including Mr. Slobodan Milosevic.
Chairman of the Committee
Alexander Zinov'ev
Co-Chairman of the Committee,
Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of
the Russian Federation
Gen. Nikolai Bezborodov
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Subject: Moscow: SHOLOHOV PRIZE TO MILOSEVIC
Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 01:35:45 +0200
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin"
Moscow, May 24, 2002
TO SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC (YUGOSLAVIA) - A
POLITICAL PRISONER IN THE HAGUE DUNGEON, THE
EX-PRESIDENT OF YUGOSLAVIA, FOR HIS COURAGE,
VIGILANCE AND HIS SELFLESS RESISTANCE TO
INJUSTICE IN THE STRUGGLE FOR CITIZENS'
RIGHTS AND THE FREEDOM OF YUGOSLAV AND OTHER
SLAVONIC PEOPLES, FOR EXPOSING, IN THE
SESSIONS OF THE "INTERNATIONAL HAGUE
TRIBUNAL", THE NATO-US AGGRESSION IN EUROPE.
PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL SHOLOKHOV PRIZE
YURI BONDAREV
President Slobodan Milosevic has been awarded with
respectful International Sholokhov Prize. On his behalf,
his brother Borislav received the prize today in Moscow,
on a celebration on birthday of the great Soviet and
Russian writer Mikhail Sholokhov.
This award is traditionally given by International
Association of Writers' Unions, Union of Artists of
Russia, "Soviet Writer" Publishing Company and
Pedagogical State University "Mikhail Sholokhov".
President of the Commission for the prize this year was
one of its earlier laureates well known Russian writer
Yuri Bondarev.
Among earlier laureates of the prize were writers V.
Pikul', A. Larionov, S. Vikulov, Y. Nosov, R. Gamzatov,
P. Proskurin, V. Sorokin, V. Sidorov and B. Oliynik.
Prize was also earlier awarded to statesman and
politicians - Fidel Castro, Gennady Zyuganov, Alexander
Lukashenko. The only Yugoslav who won the prize was
Bosnian Serb Leader Radovan Karadzic (in 1994).
Three days ago the following telegram was sent to The
Hague:
"Slobodan Milosevic
Ex-President of Yugoslavia
UN Detention Unit
The Hague
The Netherlands
Dear comrade Milosevic,
We cordially congratulate you, the courageous fighter
for freedom of Slavonic peoples, on the occasion of
wining the International Sholokhov Prize for 2002. Your
brother Borislav will receive diploma and medal on May
24, the birthday of Sholokhov.
We expect your soon release and a meeting with you.
Friendly hug,
writers Bondarev, Mikhalkov, Larionov"
To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sps.org.yu/ (official SPS website)
http://www.belgrade-forum.org/ (forum for the world of equals)
http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to defend
Slobodan Milosevic)
http://www.jutarnje.co.yu/ ('morning news' the only Serbian
newspaper advocating liberation)
Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 17:59:30 +0200
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin"
RUSSIAN SOCIAL COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENSE OF SLOBODAN
MILOSEVIC
Moscow, May 24, 2002
OPEN LETTER
To the President of the Russian Federation Mr.
Vladimir Putin and
to the President of USA Mr. George W. Bush
Respected gentlemen Presidents,
The 'trial' of the ex-President
of Yugoslavia Mr. Slobodan Milosevic has gone on for
several months at The Hague 'International Tribunal
for former Yugoslavia'.
That 'Tribunal' was proposed with a
positive aim - to punish persons responsible for war crimes
under conditions in which the judicial system of the former
Yugoslavia had been destroyed.
Today, however, it has become
clear that the original concept is unsustainable,
since the Tribunal turned into a biased, politicized
instrument for the persecution of the Serbian people
and their leaders.
In the World community, there
are more and more statements that the 'Tribunal' is
illegitimate, created in violation of the UN Charter.
The 'trial' proceedings
clearly demonstrate that the 'Tribunal' has no
evidence of the criminal guilt of Mr. Slobodan
Milosevic and other leaders of Yugoslavia. This can
also be seen in the questioning and cross-examination
of prosecution witnesses, who are also unable to
present any evidence that Mr. Milosevic is guilty.
What is going on at The Hague
discredits the very idea of international judicial
bodies.
With a goal of restoring justice we call upon you to
issue a joint statement expressing the necessity of
abolishing the 'International Tribunal for former
Yugoslavia', transferring Tribunal cases to the
courts of the respective countries of the former
Yugoslavia and releasing all political prisoners,
including Mr. Slobodan Milosevic.
Chairman of the Committee
Alexander Zinov'ev
Co-Chairman of the Committee,
Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of
the Russian Federation
Gen. Nikolai Bezborodov
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Subject: Moscow: SHOLOHOV PRIZE TO MILOSEVIC
Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 01:35:45 +0200
From: "Vladimir Krsljanin"
Moscow, May 24, 2002
TO SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC (YUGOSLAVIA) - A
POLITICAL PRISONER IN THE HAGUE DUNGEON, THE
EX-PRESIDENT OF YUGOSLAVIA, FOR HIS COURAGE,
VIGILANCE AND HIS SELFLESS RESISTANCE TO
INJUSTICE IN THE STRUGGLE FOR CITIZENS'
RIGHTS AND THE FREEDOM OF YUGOSLAV AND OTHER
SLAVONIC PEOPLES, FOR EXPOSING, IN THE
SESSIONS OF THE "INTERNATIONAL HAGUE
TRIBUNAL", THE NATO-US AGGRESSION IN EUROPE.
PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL SHOLOKHOV PRIZE
YURI BONDAREV
President Slobodan Milosevic has been awarded with
respectful International Sholokhov Prize. On his behalf,
his brother Borislav received the prize today in Moscow,
on a celebration on birthday of the great Soviet and
Russian writer Mikhail Sholokhov.
This award is traditionally given by International
Association of Writers' Unions, Union of Artists of
Russia, "Soviet Writer" Publishing Company and
Pedagogical State University "Mikhail Sholokhov".
President of the Commission for the prize this year was
one of its earlier laureates well known Russian writer
Yuri Bondarev.
Among earlier laureates of the prize were writers V.
Pikul', A. Larionov, S. Vikulov, Y. Nosov, R. Gamzatov,
P. Proskurin, V. Sorokin, V. Sidorov and B. Oliynik.
Prize was also earlier awarded to statesman and
politicians - Fidel Castro, Gennady Zyuganov, Alexander
Lukashenko. The only Yugoslav who won the prize was
Bosnian Serb Leader Radovan Karadzic (in 1994).
Three days ago the following telegram was sent to The
Hague:
"Slobodan Milosevic
Ex-President of Yugoslavia
UN Detention Unit
The Hague
The Netherlands
Dear comrade Milosevic,
We cordially congratulate you, the courageous fighter
for freedom of Slavonic peoples, on the occasion of
wining the International Sholokhov Prize for 2002. Your
brother Borislav will receive diploma and medal on May
24, the birthday of Sholokhov.
We expect your soon release and a meeting with you.
Friendly hug,
writers Bondarev, Mikhalkov, Larionov"
To join or help this struggle, visit:
http://www.sps.org.yu/ (official SPS website)
http://www.belgrade-forum.org/ (forum for the world of equals)
http://www.icdsm.org/ (the international committee to defend
Slobodan Milosevic)
http://www.jutarnje.co.yu/ ('morning news' the only Serbian
newspaper advocating liberation)