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Yavlinsky calls for Russia to take active role in antiterror coalition

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, September 19, 2001

Yabloko leader Grigory Yavlinsky on 18 September called for Moscow to take "a leading and aggressive" role in the antiterrorist campaign alongside the U.S. and Europe, RTR television reported. Indeed, Yavlinsky said, Russia should not wait for an American decision on what to do but help prepare joint actions, because such participation is in Russia's national interests. Another advocate of expanded cooperation on this point is Sergei Karaganov, the head of the Foreign and Defense Policy Council. During an interview on Ekho Moskvy radio on 17 September, Karaganov said that "Russia has no choice but to cooperate" with
Washington lest it be left out in the cold. At the same time, Karaganov continued, because "our support could cost us more than anybody else, we must demand certain concessions from the West," including on NATO expansion and refinancing Russia's debts.

See also:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2001/09/1-RUS/rus-190901.html

Acts of terror in the US

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, September 19, 2001

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