Putin Visits Serbia in Race to the Bottom

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Apr 2, 2011 By James George Jatras Last week’s visit to Serbia by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin could not have come at a better time or – depending on how you look at it – at a worse time. Mr. Putin came to a country that depends almost entirely on Russia for what’s left of its international standing, especially defense of its sovereign rights over the province of Kosovo and Metohija, occupied since 1999 by NATO and the EU on behalf of the separatist Albanian Muslim administration in Pristina. While Serbs as a whole and most of the opposition sincerely value Russia’s steadfast support, the current “yellow” government in power in Belgrade feigns friendship while conducting a “pro-western” policy guided by the very powers that bombed Serbia starting 12 years ago this month....more...

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