Analyze

06.May 2022. Bogdan Petrovic

The war in Ukraine and energy products: There are (no) alternatives for everyone

In theory, Serbia can replace fuel oil with gas in a large number of heating plants, and citizens who use individual gas connections probably have alternative sources for heating. However, the grim truth must also be told: due to logistical problems, it will not be possible to provide huge amounts of fuel oil instead of heating gas for heating plants in cities.

The war in Ukraine

04.May 2022. FM

The sixth package of sanctions against Russia: To make sure nothing is missed

Ending Europe's dependence on Russian oil, responsibility for war crimes committed in the Ukrainian cities of Buchi and Mariupol, exclusion from SWIFT for some other Russian banks, exclusion from the EU of cable, satellite and Internet networks of certain Russian state media - these are the targets of the sixth package of sanctions that will be submitted by the European Union to the members

Personal attitude

04.May 2022. Branko Miljus

Decision Time: Russian-American To Be or Not To Be

"These days, we are actually choosing what kind of mark we will leave in history as a generation, we are choosing whether we will renounce the Balkan circle of madness that guarantees descendants only the obligation to pay debts that are the product of the decisions of our ancestors. I am a million percent sure that we as a people believe that everyone has the right to live freely. I believe that after the bloody legacy of the recent past, which we went through together with our neighbors, we all despise war"

The war in Ukraine

03.May 2022. FM

Sergey Lavrov: Juggling "denazification"

The attempt to justify Russian aggression made the first man of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, the target of criticism from the Jewish community, because by juggling the term "denazification" he mocked, in the eyes of Israel, the victims of the Holocaust. However, the Russian side did not accept the criticism and continued in the same tone

The war in Ukraine

03.May 2022. FM

Day 69: Heavy fighting in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions

The American representative to the OSCE, Michael Carpenter, says that the Russians are preparing to annex Donetsk and Luhansk. Putin's Chechen ally Ramzan Kadyrov says a major Russian offensive is underway along the entire front line in Lugansk Oblast

Gilet

02.May 2022. S.Ć.

Mariupol City Council: 2000 works of art were stolen from the museum

According to the latest UNESCO data, 102 cultural sites in Ukraine have been destroyed. The Mariupol city council announces that it will seek the help of Interpol for the investigation of the missing artifacts. The works of Maria Primyachenko, whom Picasso called an artistic miracle, were destroyed

News

29.April 2022 KG

The Cyber ​​Front of the Ukrainian War: Reckoning with the Hacker Troops

The number of DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks on the Internet increased 4,5 times in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, and the attacks showed an unprecedented length of DDoS sessions, especially those aimed at state resources and banks, he said. in a report published by Kaspersky

Rusija

25.April 2022 S.Ć.

Empty cinemas: Bollywood is (not) a substitute for Hollywood

Since Hollywood film companies withdrew from Russia at the end of February, cinemas have lost 70 percent of their audience. The Russian government is offering help to Russian producers in the hope that domestic cinema will be a worthy replacement for Hollywood. Bollywood is also being counted on, so Mandarin and Hindi translators are being sought

The war in Ukraine

20.April 2022 S.Ć.

Antonio Guterres: Call for a truce for Easter

The Secretary General of the United Nations called on Russia and Ukraine to declare a four-day ceasefire during Easter so that civilians could be evacuated from the most threatened areas.

The war in Ukraine

17.April 2022 S.Ć.

Mariupol: Russia's ultimatum was not accepted

Ukrainian soldiers continued to defend the Azovstal steel plant in besieged Mariupol. Zelensky announces withdrawal from peace negotiations. British sources say Russian forces are expanding into eastern Ukraine

A destroyed city in Ukraine

News

16.April 2022 S.Ć.

Zelensky: Russia lost Ukraine

A weapons factory in Kiev was hit. During the seven-week invasion, up to three thousand Ukrainian soldiers died, Zelensky said. Russian forces are strengthening positions around the city of Izyum in Kharkiv Oblast and are preparing to intensify attacks near Avdeyevka in Donetsk Oblast

The war in Ukraine

05.April 2022 JH

Massacre in Bucha: Accusing Putin of war crimes

The massacre committed by Russian troops in Bucha is still one of the central topics of the world. In Irpin, after the retreat of the Russian troops, similar horrors as in Mariopolje are visible. In Mykolaiv, there are people killed and wounded again, Odesa was bombed, a regrouping of Russian troops and their concentration in the south and east of the country is expected, Germany does not give up Russian gas, and Pope Francis wants to visit Ukraine

Rusija

28.March 2022. S.Ć.

"Nova Gazeta" also closed: We had no other choice

Today, "Nova Gazeta", the last independent media in Russia, stopped working until the end of the "special military operation". The formal reason is that it did not properly identify an organization that the authorities consider a "foreign agent", and the informal reason is simply because it is not aligned with the Kremlin

The war in Ukraine

27.March 2022. S.Ć.

Zoos: Evacuation of animals is impossible

Some animals were released to search for food on their own, six tigers and six lions were transferred to Poland, and almost all other wild animals in the zoos of Ukraine are in their cages. Many will die of hunger. The young doe killed herself. The howling of wolves is more terrifying than the sound of sirens.

The war in Ukraine

25.March 2022. S.Ć.

Day 30: Three summits in Brussels, bombing in Ukraine

In Brussels, the leaders of the Western world were united in condemning the Russian aggression against Ukraine. If Russia uses chemical weapons, the US will respond with the same measure. Russian TV reports that Mariupol was actually destroyed by Ukrainian nationalists. The Ukrainian authorities claim that the Russians are forcibly taking their citizens to Russia

News

23.March 2022. S.Ć.

Bio-laboratories: From Iraq to Ukraine via Niš

The equipment that the Faculty of Medicine and the Clinic for Cardiac Surgery in Nis received from the USA is not for the bio-laboratory. One of Putin's arguments against Ukraine is the alleged existence of American chemical weapons testing laboratories. The weapons of mass destruction that led the US to invade Iraq have never been found

News

23.March 2022. SP

EU and Serbia: Sanctioning of the Russian NIS

The new package of sanctions aimed at Russian companies will, as things stand now, also affect the operations of Naftna industrija Srbije (NIS), as it is majority owned by the Russian Gazpromneft. Official Belgrade considers that Serbia has found itself as "collateral damage" of the European sanctions against Russia and requests an exemption, which is currently "under consideration". The EU has been pointing out to Serbia for 10 years now the almost non-existent diversification in energy supply and reliance only on Russian oil.

News

21.March 2022. S.Ć.

Criminal charges against right-wingers: Incitement to aggressive war

I did the job of senior public prosecutor, says lawyer Aleksandar Olenik. He filed criminal charges against three members of right-wing movements with the High Public Prosecutor's Office for drawing the letter "Z" that was painted on Russian military vehicles in Ukraine and became a symbol of the invasion. The penalty for that offense is two to twelve years in prison

News

20.March 2022. S.Ć.

Protest against the war in Belgrade: Let's save life

The informal group "Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians and Serbs together against the war" sent four demands to the state against those who support Russian aggression. Serbia is one of the few countries where rallies in support of Russia are organized

The war in Ukraine

20.March 2022. N.B

Cooks of the world: Varenjka for refugees

There are several thousand World Central Kitchen volunteers and a number of professionals from world-famous restaurants in Ukraine. They manage to deliver free meals even to shelters on the front lines

The war in Ukraine

17.March 2022. JH

Day 21: New civilian casualties and new US military aid

In Mariupol, the theater where civilians were hiding was hit. The USA allocated an additional 800 million dollars for military aid to Ukraine, and Biden called Putin a "war criminal". Putin warned the Russian oligarchs for the first time, mentioning them in the context of the "fifth column". A spark of hope appeared in the negotiated peace process