IP: Russia: U.S. Retaliation Could Be Bad For Russia, FSB Director Says: 13 Sept 01

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: AMBOLLC () aol com
> Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 21:44:20 EDT
> Subject: Russia: U.S. Retaliation Could Be Bad For Russia, FSB Director 
> Says: 13 Sept 01
>
>
> FORMER FSB DIRECTOR SAYS U.S. RETALIATION FOR ATTACKS COULD BE BAD FOR
> RUSSIA. Former FSB Director Nikolai Kovalev, who is now a Duma deputy, said
> on 13 September that an American retaliatory strike against Afghanistan
> would lead to refugee flows northward that could destabilize the countries
> on Russia's southern border, Ekho Moskvy radio reported. Kovalev also said
> he is surprised by "the complete lack of security precautions" in the U.S.
> that had made the attacks so easy for the terrorists. He noted that it is
> very easy to bring explosives on board planes with the help of workers from
> duty free shops. Meanwhile, former Russian Security Council secretary and
> Duma deputy Andrei Kokoshin said on Radio Mayak on 12 September that the
> American reaction might be both emotional and unpredictable. To avoid such
> problems in the future should Russia be attacked, Kokoshin said, the
> government should create a coordinator for counterterrorism at the level of
> "at least a deputy prime minister."
>
> Source: RFE/RL Newsline, 14 Sept 01



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