The authorities in Belgrade ... want to avoid this event.

The Belgrade authorities do not allow it, they want to avoid it (a Milosevic funeral), We do not have any other choice. As far as I know Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov agreed yesterday (to allow the funeral) and tomorrow we will ask (the Russian) authorities.

The authorities in Belgrade are not allowing this.

He has been transferred by the authorities in Belgrade. We believe he's a Bosnian Serb.

Yesterday I asked the Russian government for permission to temporarily bury my father, Slobodan Milosevic, here in Moscow. Belgrade authorities don't allow (the burial). They want to prevent this from happening.

They threaten in official and unofficial ways. We do not have any other choice. I understand that Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has agreed and we may ask permission from the Russian authorities.