Serbia and Russia

Vladimir Putin presents the medal to Aleksandar Vučić

Comment

26.November 2025 Andrei Ivanji

Goodbye Putin

Donald Trump finally twisted Aleksandar Vučić's hand to the point of shooting, so the progressive regime in front of the Russophile electorate creates an alibi for itself to expel the Russians from the NIS - if not by grace, then by force

President of Serbia

02.September 2025 KS

Vučić in Beijing: A meeting with Putin was held

The President of Serbia is visiting China, where he will attend the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Second World War. Meetings with diplomats are planned, and a conversation with the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has already been held

Relations between Serbia and Russia

30.May 2025. Tijana Stanic

When the Russian brothers accuse you of treason: Did Vučić overplay?

"Vučić promised something to Trump," foreign policy analyst Boško Jakšić told Vreme, regarding Russia's accusations that Serbia is stabbing it in the back by arming Ukraine. "The announcement that Trump could soon come to Belgrade is a confirmation that relations with the Americans are on the upward trend to the extent that alarms Moscow"

Diplomacy

10.May 2025. TS

Đurić: There will be no EU sanctions due to Vučić's visit to Moscow

Although European officials have been warning for days that Serbia could feel the consequences of Vučić's departure to Moscow on May 9, Foreign Affairs Minister Marko Đurić says that "there will be no interruption of EU integration or sanctions."

After the stores of the Russian discount chains Svetofor and MERE, the Russian retail chain Fix Price is coming to Serbia.

International relations

06.October 2023 Z.S.

James Rubin: Serbia is an entry point for Russian propaganda

Serbia is the entry point for Russian propaganda in the Western Balkans, said American coordinator James Rubin at the State Department's Center for Global Engagement.

UN General Assembly

20.September 2023 BG

Serbia at the UN: We condemn Russia, we do not introduce sanctions until we have to

Serbia condemns Russia's attack on Ukraine, said Ivica Dacic. As long as we think that we can withstand these conditions, we will lead this kind of policy, said Aleksandar Vučić.

Serbia between the West and Russia

22.march 2023 MN

Narrative in the Serbian Media: Evil Ukraine and Good Russia

A year after the start of the war in Ukraine, there is still very strong pro-Putin and anti-Western propaganda in Serbia, which makes a part of the citizens believe that Russia's aggression in the neighboring country is justified and legitimate.

Overview of the week

02.December 2022 Philip Schwarm

Radical-Julian roots: Serbia as Belarus light

Where does Vučić's address to the European Union with tabloid vocabulary and the appointment of Vulin as director of the BIA lead? One thing is certain - the country is facing a series of defeats in which its president will present himself as the winner every time

News

24.September 2022 S.Ć.

Viola von Kramon: Access to the EU does not go through Moscow

For the Rapporteur of the European Parliament for Kosovo, Viola von Kramon, the signing of the Consultation Plan by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Russia is a "serious scandal" and a reason to freeze the accession negotiations to the European Union.

Personal attitude

05.June 2022 Ljubomir Madjar

Mission Impossible: The Intellectual Bankruptcy of Minister Lavrov

Proving something that is clearly contrary to international legal norms is an impossible task. That is why Sergey Lavrov probably found himself in the biggest predicament of his entire professional career. Because the surest path to painful failure is to find yourself in front of a task that must be fulfilled due to the mission undertaken, and which is obviously unachievable

Comment

26.April 2022. Philip Schwarm

Americans in Belgrade: How we became a case again

After twenty years, Serbia is again on Washington's list of priorities because it is the only one in Europe that has not imposed sanctions on Russia. The consequences will not be long in coming

News

22.march 2022 MN

Vulin: Serbia will not be part of the anti-Russian hysteria

The Minister of Internal Affairs, Aleksandar Vulin, said today in a conversation with the Russian ambassador in Belgrade, Aleksandar Bocan-Kharchenko, that Serbia is the only country in Europe that did not impose sanctions on the Russian Federation and became part of the "anti-Russian hysteria".