Russia: Hague is anti-Serb; We'd like access to US base in Kosovo

The verdict to Ratko Mladic represents merely a continuation of the politicized and biased course taken by the Hague Tribunal (ICTY) during its work.

This was the message that came from Moscow a day after the tribunal sentenced the former military commander of Serbs in Bosnia to life in prison, finding him guilty of charges of genocide and war crimes.

Spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said during a regular briefing on Thursday that it was indicative that the tribunal in the past failed to find any criminal offense in the actions of "notorious Bosnian (Muslim) wartime commander Naser Oric" whose militants were "hiding in Srebrenica and using it to attack Serb civilians from 1992 until 1994."

As she said, the tribunal has been interpreting the tragic events from the 1990s "in an artificial, unilateral and anti-Serb manner" and thus...