Sir,

The article ‘The Euro-Atlantic region: equal security for all’ by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, published in the May 2010 issue of Revue Défense Nationale, contains misleading information in relation to the forensic investigations of Račak and the status of the victims recovered in January 1999.

The evidence submitted by the Finnish Forensic Expert Team to the ICTY does not support the assumptions put forward by Foreign Minister Lavrov. The issue was also raised during my cross-examination at the ICTY by President Milošević. There were no indications of the victims belonging to any armed formations.

Helena Ranta
Professor
Leader of Finnish Forensic Expert Team (Kosovo, 1998-2000)
Department of Forensic Medicine
Hjelt Institute
University of Helsinki