US Senate concerned about Russian-Serbian disaster relief center in Nis

The US Senate is very much concerned about the Russian-Serbian disaster relief center in Serbia's Nis, which US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Hoyt Brian Yee calls "a special center for espionage or other nefarious activities."

"Well, there are a couple of cats and several dogs living there, whose loud barking can be heard even in Kosovo. Plus four Russian civilian personnel, well advanced in years. Small wonder that they pose such a colossal threat to US national security," Rogozin said in an interview with Sputnik Serbia.

When asked to say a few words about the Nis center and whether its staff should enjoy diplomatic immunity, Rogozin said that it was a Russian-Serbian idea to set up a joint disaster relief center in southern Europe so that in the event of an emergency help could be rushed in from nearby Serbia, not from faraway...