"Only experts can determine whether Iraq has weapons of mass destruction, " said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko.
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Yakovenko attributed the tension to the "destructive activity of terrorists, " a reference to Albanian separatists whom Russia maintains NATO has failed to disarm.
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"This is causing growing protest in Macedonian society, signs of which were large-scale demonstrations in front of the country's parliament, " Yakovenko said in the statement.