Russia was an ally of the accused but from your testimony it is obvious that he was not telling you the full truth, the prosecutor insisted,
Primakov stressed that Russia was never Milosevic's ally but that it only took the positions based on the situation in the Balkans and the world.
During the main examination Primakov affirmatively answered to Milosevic's questions about the peacemaking role of Belgrade in the war in Bosnia and its readiness to approach a political solution for Kosovo. During the cross examination conducted by the prosecutor Primakov tried to avoid direct answers.
Prosecutor Nice said that Milosevic advocated the Vance-Owen Peace Plan in 1993 because at the time Serbs held 72 percent of the Bosnian territory even though they made up less than 30 percent of the population, and that at the same time Serbs held 30 percent of Croatia's territory.
Nice asked the witness why he did not explain to the judges that for a year Belgrade failed to react to the Vance-Owen plan.
Milosevic never told you that blocking the border with Republika Srpska was only a formality?, Nice asked the witness and cited Ratko Mladic's claims about the continuous help the Bosnian Serb entity was receiving from the former Yugoslavia.
Primakov, who was also a former foreign minister and KGB chief, said the Russians knew about contacts between Milosevic and Bladic during the blockade but stressed they were not aware that Yugoslavia was sending help.
Asked by the prosecutor about the methods the Russians used to find about about the contacts, Primakov said in an angry tone of voice that he was not on trial and that he did not have to talk about Russia's espionage methods.
The prosecutor reminded him that he was obliged to tell tell truth and nothing but the truth and not give information selectively.
The prosecutor dismissed Primakov's claims that the United States and the West instrumentalised the contact group for Kosovo in 1998 and 1999 in order to exert pressure on Belgrade by citing the minutes from a meeting of the group which Russia also signed.
Milosevic will put a new defence witness on the stand on Wednesday.