Russia considering Croatia's arrest warrant for ex-Yugo general

Russia is «considering technical issues» regarding a Croatian arrest warrant against an ex-Yugoslav army general who reportedly lives in Moscow, a senior official was quoted as saying Friday.
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov did not say whether Gen. Veljko Kadijevic, Yugoslavia's last defense minister and a key player in the
country's bloody breakup, would be handed over to Croatia, B92 television reported.
«Our institutions are considering the technical issues,» Zhukov was quoted as saying by the Belgrade-based TV station. «This has recently come up and there are no complications.
He gave no other details.
Zhukov was in the Serbian capital Friday for meetings with Belgrade officials.
Croatia accuses Kadijevic of war crimes in eastern Croatia, where his Yugoslav army troops bombed several towns, reducing some to rubble and forcing thousands to flee their homes.
About 10,000 people were killed in the Croatian war, which ended in 1995.

Kadijevic denied the accusations in an interview this week on Serbian state television, filmed in Moscow.
Croatian Justice Minister Ana Lovrin has said she expects Russian police to arrest Kadijevic, if he lives there.
Kadijevic, a longtime general in the communist-run former Yugoslavia, is known to have had close ties to the Russian military.