A Russian doctor who examined the autopsy of Slobodan Milosevic in The Hague agreed with the conclusion that the former president had died of a heart attack, but said treatment in Moscow could have saved him.
"We came to the [ same] conclusion that was made by the local team . . . We are satisfied with what we saw," said Leo Bokeria, a director at Moscow's Bakulev Heart Surgery Centre where Milosevic had wanted to go for treatment.
Dr Bokeria was part of a team of doctors that Russia sent to examine the results of the Dutch autopsy after Moscow said it did not trust the investigation into Milosevic's death.
Dr Bokeria said he saw "nothing showing signs of suicide", but there remained questions over whether Milosevic received adequate care while standing trial at the UN tribunal. "If the patient was investigated enough he would have still been alive today," he said.