MOSCOW MAYOR PLEDGES SUPPORT TO BOSNIAN SERBS.

Following a meeting with a delegation of Bosnian Serb leaders on December 25, Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov promised to contribute building materials for the construction of a new Bosnian Serb capital. Luzhkov also described the Dayton peace agreement as "unjust" to the Serbs and suggested that its implementation reflected Russia’s weakness in the Balkans. (Interfax, December 25) Luzhkov’s offer of aid appears designed both to sharpen his nationalist credentials and to strengthen Moscow’s influence in the Balkans.

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