Russian Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko said Friday he was surprised that High Representative for BiH Valentin Inzko's regular report to the UN Security Council, which is to be presented Monday, is going to be accompanied by a special report on Republika Srpska (RS) and its coming referendum and he added that Russia will not back such a report.

Botsan-Kharchenko believes that is an attempt to convince the Security Council that RS is the biggest problem, which is aimed at destabilizing BiH. He thinks there are serious issues in the country's other political entity, the Federation of Bosnia-

Herzegovina, as well, according to his interview to the RS Radio and Television.

He stressed that the RS referendum on the laws imposed by the high representative, especially regarding the BiH Court and Prosecutor's Office, was not the most serious problem in BiH.

Russia is concerned that the BiH Council of Ministers has not been formed even 8 months after the elections and that there are no indications it is going to happen any time soon.

According to the ambassador, Russia's opinion on the referendum is different than others within the BiH Peace Implementation Council.

Russia thinks the referendum is not in violation of the Dayton peace agreement and that the high representative has no legal grounds to call it off, Botsan-Kharchenko remarked.