Warrant issued for Milosevic's wife
Another arrest warrant was issued today for Slobodan Milosevic’s wife after she twice failed to appear for trial in a case of alleged power abuse during the former president’s rule.
Belgrade District Court also ordered an unspecified period of detention for Mirjana Markovic, sought by police for questioning in connection with the murder of a communist-era Serbian president, Ivan Stambolic, in 2000.
Officials said Markovic was charged with inciting state officials to abuse their position, and that she did not show up yesterday for the trial’s start.
It was the second time Markovic had disobeyed the court order, they said.
Markovic is believed to be in Russia, where she fled in February.
She has refused to return to be questioned over the Stambolic case, and it was not immediately clear whether she knew about the second arrest warrant.
