... to Russia.
On July 22, 2020, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Tomislav Car, Ambassador of Croatia to Russia.
The following issues were discussed during the meeting: the results of Croatian presidency of the Council of the European Union, the prospects for bilateral Russia-Croatia relations, as well as trends in the development of the political situation in the Western Balkans region in the context of the coronavirus pandemic and the global economic recession.
On June 8, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council, the Embassy of Croatia in Russia, and the Delegation of the European Union to Russia held a joint online workshop to discuss the EU-Russia relations in the Western Balkans
On June 8, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council, the Embassy of Croatia in Russia, and the Delegation of the European Union to Russia ...
... of 2020 and plans for holding a conference organized jointly by RIAC and the embassy of the presiding country in 2020 with the participation of the EU Delegation to Russia
On October 9, 2019, Tomislav Car, Ambassador of Croatia to Russia, visited Russian International Affairs Council. The discussion focused on the upcoming Croatian presidency of the European Union in the first half of 2020 and plans for holding a conference organized jointly by RIAC and the embassy of the presiding country in 2020 with the participation of the EU Delegation to Russia.
The participants also touched upon the issues ...
... them by an escalation of tensions between regional players.
Present-day situation
The European Union offered all the Balkan peoples a so-called “European future”. The... ... region. Brussels simply has neither resources, nor desire to do it.
RIAC Longread “Russia in the Balkans”: Interests of the Leading Actors, Russia’s Presence in Southeast... ... “ethnocentric states”, namely, “great” Albania, “great” Serbia, and “great” Croatia. This scenario would mean the following territorial exchange:
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