NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Former Rusian Press Minister Boris Mironov appeared before a judge Tuesday to plead innocent to charges of instigating ethnic violence in Siberia.
Mironov, who was fired from his high-level post in 1994, was arrested in Moscow last month on charges stemming from his alleged use of anti-Semitic rhetoric during his 2003 campaign for regional governor.
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He was transported to Novosibirsk in western Siberia to face the charges.
During the election, Mironov published the alleged inflammatory statements in newspapers called "The First Siberian Front" and "Second Siberian Front," the Itar-Tass news service said.
