Joint military exercises of Serbia, Russia and Belarus, planned for Russia in August and September, are under the West’s magnifying glass.
A billboard bearing a sarcastic, anonymous message about former Russian Ambassador Andrei Nesterenko’s behavior in office has appeared in Montenegro’s capital, Podgorica.
What is the price that Serbia will have to pay to Russia for vetoed a UN resolution to classify the massacre in Srebrenica as genocide? Is Serbia going to collaborate more closely with Russia and favor its influence in the region?
In the recent edition of RFE/RL’s Program “Most (The Bridge)”, moderated by Omer Karabeg, two Belgrade-based public opinion experts, Srdjan Bogosavljevic and Djordje Vukovic, talked about pro-Russian sentiment in Serbia.
Russia will not relax its efforts to maintain its interests in the Balkans, according to Matthew Rojansky, director of theKennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C..
Edward P. Joseph, Executive Director of the Institute of Current World Affairs, said there has been a lot of democratic backsliding in Bosnia, Macedonia and Kosovo and there is concern for Serbia, too
Budva, a popular tourist resort on Montenegro’s Adriatic Coast and known as a nightlife hot spot, has a newly appointed honorary consul for Russia, none other than the man who served as honorary consul to Ukraine,
General Knud Bartels, chairman of the NATO military committee, in an interview with RFE/RL, said he had assurances from Belgrade Serbia’s cooperation with Russia is within the scope of neutrality.
Evgeny Paschenko, professor of the Ukrainian language and literature at the Zagreb University and former Ukrainian diplomat, sees the concept of Orthodox brotherhood between Serbia and Russia as a product of a kitsch culture of Balkan Slavism, a myth not supported by fact.
Invitations from Russia to participate in its “Winners Parade” early next month have triggered different reactions from Serbia and Montenegro and both decisions are getting both criticism and support.
Relations with Russia have been disturbed and the EU is not able to develop a stable and coherent policy toward that country at the moment, was one of conclusions at a recent conference in Belgrade organized by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
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