Stalled Pact Reflects Cooling Serbia-Russia Ties

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20 JUL 2011 / 10:27

An agreement between Russia and Serbia seems to have fallen victim to rancour over Belgrade’s apparent overtures to NATO.

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“Russia won’t support Inzko’s report”

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Region

Saturday 7.05.2011
15:32
Source: Tanjug

BANJA LUKA -- Russian Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina Alexandr Botsan-Kharchenko said Friday that Russia would not support special report on the Republic of Srpska (RS).
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Ambassador: Russia against sanctions for RS

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Region

Friday 6.05.2011
12:42
Source: Tanjug, Večernje novosti

BELGRADE -- Russian Ambassador to Bosnia Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko says a referendum called in the Serb republic (RS) does not violate the Dayton Treaty.
The Serb entity in Bosnia has called a referendum focusing on the work of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Court and Prosecutor's Office - two institutions introduced in 2003....more...
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"Russian Kosovo policy bad for Serbia"

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Politics

Tuesday 26.04.2011
12:46
Source: B92

BELGRADE -- Then EU enlargement commissioner said in 2007 that most Serbia's leadership did not accept that Russia's Kosovo policy went against the country's interests.
Olli Rehn was making these statements during a meeting with the U.S. ambassador in Finland, a U.S. diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks has revealed. ...more...
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FM: Strategic partnership, special relations

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Politics

Friday 22.04.2011
11:36
Source: Tanjug


BELGRADE -- The historic strategic partnership declaration between Serbia and Russia will make the special nature of the relations between Serbia and Russia official.
This is according to Serbia's Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić, who wrote an article he wrote for International Affairs, a monthly journal issued by the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry.

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“Good Russia ties won’t hurt EU bid”

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Politics

Thursday 21.04.2011
15:12
Source: Tanjug

BELGRADE -- Serbia can have a strategic partnership with Russia and at the same time follow the EU pathway, Serbian Assistant Foreign Minister Zdravko Ponoš said Thursday. ...more...
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Milošević's brother new advisor at Russian Railways

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Business & Economy

Wednesday 20.04.2011
14:42
Source: VIP, Večernje novosti

BELGRADE -- The brother of late former Serbian and Yugoslav President Slobodan Milošević, Borislav Milošević, has taken a job with Russian Railways....more...
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Serbian president, Russian FM meet

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Politics

Wednesday 20.04.2011
09:55
Source: Tanjug

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Boris Tadić met Tuesday with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to discuss his upcoming visit to Moscow....more...
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Gas power plants and gas pipeline basis of agreement

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20. 04. 2011. - 00:02h
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Energy, construction of gas power plants and gas storage facilities at the ‘Southern Stream’ gas pipeline as well as its final route through Serbia shall be one of key items of strategic agreement between Russia and Serbia to be signed by the presidents Boris Tadic and Dmitri Medvedev in the following months during Serbian President’s scheduled visit to Moscow. Apart from cooperation in the sphere of energy, this bilateral agreement shall contain provisions over trade exchange and infrastructure....more...

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Serbia-Russia ties "unequivocal, unconditional"

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Politics

Tuesday 19.04.2011
15:08 Source: Tanjug
Belgrade, Moscow -- Serbian and Russian foreign ministers Vuk Jeremić and Sergei Lavrov said today that the relations between the two countries are friendly, close and improving.
They also said this would be confirmed by a strategic partnership agreement to be signed in the near future....more...
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Russia will back Serbia's UNSC Kosovo probe initiative

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Politics

Tuesday 19.04.2011
15:14
Source: Tanjug

BELGRADE -- Serbia will soon send a proposal to the UN Security Council outlining what form a credible investigation into the organ trafficking in Kosovo could take.
Russia will fully support the initiative, Serbian and Russian foreign ministers Vuk Jeremić and Sergei Lavrov announced in Belgrade....more...
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Russian FM in Belgrade next week

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Politics Friday 15.04.2011 14:24

Source: Tanjug
BELGRADE -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Belgrade on Tuesday, April 19, it has been confirmed....more...

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Bank of Moscow in Serbia "unaffected"

b92.net Business & Economy Wednesday 6.04.2011 11:15

Source: VIP BELGRADE -- The Serbian branch of the Bank of Moscow announced on Tuesday that events in its headquarters had no affect on its regular activities here.

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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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"Serbia in NATO would be threat to Russia"

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Source: B92, Danas BELGRADE -- Russian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Konuzin says Serbia's possible decision to join NATO would put it at odds with Russia's security interests....more...

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“Russia not interfering with Serbia’s EU path”

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Politics Sunday 27.03.2011 11:06

Source: FoNet NOVI SAD -- Serbia’s European path is not jeopardizing our relations with Russia, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić said commenting on Russian PM Vladimir Putin’s visit.

“Prime Minister Putin has stated that Russia supports us absolutely in everything that we decide that is the right path for us,” he pointed out. ...more...

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Putin Progresses on South Stream in Serbia

serbianna March 24, 2011 – 3:05 am Serbia’s participation in the South Stream pipeline will generate billions of dollars in transit fees and turn it into a regional gas hub, Russian and Serbian officials said Wednesday.Serbia, which imports almost all of its annual gas needs from Russia through a single pipeline coming across Hungary via Ukraine, is looking diversify its supply routes.That effort includes participating in the $21.5 billion South Stream project through a joint venture with Russia’s Gazprom....more... read more: serbianna http://serbianna.com/blogs/michaletos/archives/968

EU accession may “hurt economic relations with Russia”

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26 March 2011 13:27 Source: Tanjug BELGRADE -- Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexandr Konuzin said Friday that Russia was interested in what Serbia had to export, especially its agricultural products....more...

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TV staff sacked for "sabotage" during Putin visit

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25 March 2011 10:13 Source: B92, Beta NOVI SAD -- The Radio-Television of Vojvodina (RTV) has fired one and suspended several other employees over a controversial blunder in a report about the Putin visit....more...

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Gazprom's development strategy for NIS

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25 March 2011 09:34 Source: Tanjug BELGRADE -- Russia's Gazprom Neft, the owner of NIS, is satisfied with its business results in 2011, Gazprom Neft Director General Aleksandr Dukov told Tanjug....more...

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