"I just couldn't get her. Then she dialed me herself-but I was no longer in the Duma house, so I guess we'll talk tomorrow," Ms. Sliska said to Novosti late this afternoon.
As she was addressing a news conference earlier on the day, the Vice-Speaker said she intended a phone talk with the Ukrainian Prime Minister today. "I think we'll have a talk, but she is out of her premises just now. It's vague, for some reason, whether she is coming to Russia or not," said the parliamentary leader.
She does not think the Premier's visit postponement is due to what Vladimir Ustinov, Russia's top prosecutor, has been saying. "Timoshenko won't flinch from anyone or at anything. That's the kind of lady she is. Besides, she is a Premier, and she surely won't land in jail here in Russia," remarked the parliamentarian.
Yulia Timoshenko stays on the international "wanted" list as the Military Prosecutor General's office has not dismissed her criminal case, Mr. Ustinov, federal Prosecutor General, said to the Federation Council, parliament's upper house, Tuesday last.
"As for her appearing in Russia as Ukraine's Prime Minister, the visit will proceed according to protocol and on international standards," he added.
Meanwhile, Ms. Timoshenko has indefinitely suspended her visit to Russia, previously scheduled for April 15-16, it was announced yesterday.
The visit was put off as Ukraine's President Victor Yuschenko had ordered her to supervise spring sowing, explained the prime-ministerial press service.
