ISW: The Kremlin’s Europe distraction playbook just opened to the Balkans chapter
From airspace threats in Poland to Dodik’s referendum push, Russia’s divide-and-distract game expands.
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Russia creates “axis of autocrats” in European states, Spiegel says
Russian influence extends deep into European politics with sophisticated propaganda strategy, while the West underestimates it, a study reveals.
Kosovo leader warns Russian victory in Ukraine could threaten Balkan peace
PM Albin Kurti warns that a Russian victory in Ukraine could encourage Serbian expansionism, threatening 25 years of peace in the Balkans.
Ukraine and Moldova coordinate EU accession strategies in Kyiv
Ukraine and Moldova have aligned their strategies and expectations as they advance in the EU accession negotiation - a significant step in their European integration efforts.
No cases of weapons trafficking from Ukraine to West, arms monitor finds
A study by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime reveals that while Ukraine has seen a surge in "trophy" Russian weapons, valued up to $5 million, there's no evidence of these arms reaching Western criminal networks.
ISW: Russia exploits ties with Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Republika Srpska to sow Balkan turmoil
The Kremlin continues exploiting its relationship with Bosnia and Herzegovina's Republika Srpska to spread propaganda, promote secession, and destabilize the Balkans region, the ISW says.
Disinformation sharpened tensions between Serbia and Montenegro as media misrepresented religion freedom law
The adoption of the Law on Freedom of Religion enacted by the Montenegrin Parliament on 27 December 2019…
How Kremlin media in Serbia infiltrated a disinformation hub in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sputnik is the only media with a presence in this hub which is owned by a state actor…
Russia “using Serbia to destroy Europe,” Ukraine’s Ambassador says
“Serbia is not doing enough to solve this issue,” Ukraine’s ambassador to Serbia, Oleksandr Aleksandrovych, says, of the…
Russia’s Zapad exercises send encouraging signal to Serbia
Former Ambassador of Montenegro to NATO, Professor of Practical Diplomacy and International Relations of Boston University Vesco Garchevic believes that…
Include Ukraine in the South East Europe Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative
Fighting Corruption is the uniting theme of government and the International Community from Tirana to Kyiv and from…
War through a child’s eyes: 9-year-old’s diary about Kosovo war now in English
The first serious clashes between the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and the Yugoslav authorities began back in January…
Russia will continue efforts to destabilize Montenegro, expert says
We have written before about Russia's destructive influence growing in the Balkans and the Russian links of those…
Can there be another coup in Montenegro?
On March 19-21, an international parliamentary delegation that included members of the Serbian Radical Party of Vojislav Seselj,…
Plans for a “Great Serbia” and the Kremlin’s hybrid war in the Balkans
Another quite serious escalation may happen in the Balkans. This is an opinion shared by several European and…
‘Some damn thing in the Balkans’ again – Putin seeks to exacerbate conflicts there
At the end of the 19th century, Otto von Bismarck prophesied that “some damn thing in the Balkans”…
The Western Balkans are becoming Russia’s new playground
After Angela Merkel delivered a trenchant foreign policy speech at the Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney…