…WHILE KOZYREV DENIES ASYLUM OFFER TO MLADIC.

Foreign minister Andrei Kozyrev yesterday ruled out political asylum in Russia for Bosnian Serb commander-in-chief Gen. Ratko Mladic. Kozyrev was asked about a report in the Sunday Times (London) which said Russia’s military attache in Belgrade, General Viktor Chipilov, had made such an offer to Mladic. Kozyrev said the attache’s view might have been distorted by the media and was in any case his own personal opinion which did "not reflect the official position of the Russian Federation." (12)

Russian Railroad Workers Abandon Hunger Strike.