After the Markale massacre in February ’94, Russia also gave her support to international attempts to punish the perpetrators of that monstrous crime. However, the support was only verbal because I remember that Andrei Kozyrev, the head of Russian diplomacy, said at the end of February ’94 that the international reaction was in fact a Russian diplomatic victory because the perpetrators had not been punished.
| ID | FC-VOH-99-704 |
| Project | Oral History: ‘The Siege of Sarajevo 1992-1996’ |
| Period | February 1994 |
| Headline | THIS IS OUR DIPLOMATIC VICTORY. THE ULTIMATUM HAS NOT BEEN STRICTLY OBSERVED; AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY PUNISHMENT |
| Topic | Politics / Diplomacy / Negotiations Death / Massacres / Cemeteries |
| Location | Markale market |
| Name | Vlastimir Mijović |
| Sex | male |
| Profession | Correspondent from Moscow for “Oslobođenje” |
| Copyright | © FAMA Collection; Oral History: 'The Siege of Sarajevo 1992-1996' |