Modern Russia in the Modern Balkans: Soft Power through Investment
... Central and South-Eastern Europe in the 1990s, Russia in the 2000s began to restore its presence ... ... economic tools, such as investment. The Western Balkans (former Yugoslavia) happened to be ... ... this paper can be divided into three groups. Serbia, which has historically enjoyed a “special ... ... Federation – Republika Srpska – and Macedonia. Large Russian capital arrived relatively ... ... major business interests there. Slovenia and Croatia can be viewed as potential partners ... ... solid testing ground for the use of “soft power” in other, less friendly,...
23.05.2014