So, what do the Russians think?

One of the curious aspects of the whole Sklyarov affair is the silence of the Russians. I've not heard of any comment from the Russian government on the US news, the Novosti press agency has said nothing today or Tuesday (all I can check), and TASS has a couple of headlines, but (as far as I can tell) no editiorial material going either way (I can't read the TASS articles without a subscription). Most odd.... Peter Trei